Scientists have sequenced the DNA of a 52,000-year-old Woolly Mammoth, paving the way for its potential de-extinction.

LONG-GONE species like the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, and dodo bird could return from the dead as part of a “de-extinction” campaign. The term “extinct” brings to ...

SCIENTISTS have long pondered the concept of de-extinction, or reviving long-gone species that are hundreds of thousands of years old. Now they say we’re closer than ever to bringing the ...

Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction.

The rare discovery will help scientists find out more about the prehistoric animal’s development, diet and living conditions ...

The team has been collecting woolly mammoth remains from Wrangel Island and Siberia. They've extracted each animal's complete DNA set and analyzed 21 of those genomes. What they've found is that the ...

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In a big scientific leap, researchers have successfully sequenced RNA from an extinct Tasmanian tiger specimen that is over a ...

Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby ...

Scientists had collected DNA from Celia's ear before her death ... also known as the thylacine) and the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The ultimate goal for these de-extinction efforts ...