A hunter searching for deer instead made a discovery of what he thought was a fossil, located in a drainage area of a creek on O2 Ranch in West Texas. “I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a ...

A lone tooth from Canada’s Hudson Bay region redefines the eastern limits of woolly mammoths and their migration history.

In Canada, for example, researchers revealed North America’s most northeasterly woolly mammoth find after taking a second ...

This week, the world met the woolly “mammouse”—a genetically engineered mouse with woolly mammoth hair. The scientists at Colossal Biosciences who created it think it’s a promising step toward their ...

AMESBURY, Mass. — In Massachusetts, research is underway that could not just reintroduce a species to the planet, but introduce a new concept; "De-extinction." "At the moment this is an academic ...

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the ...

Colossal Biosciences engineered mice with long, woolly hair by editing seven genes. Scientists see potential for conservation but doubt true "de-extinction." The company may apply the technique to ...