A prehistoric creature has just provided a stunning breakthrough, as a new research paper reveals that scientists mapped the three-dimensional architecture of a woolly mammoth's genome using ...

When did the woolly mammoth go extinct? Scientists have long believed that woolly mammoths died out some 13,000 years ago. But a new study suggests that they survived much longer. In a study ...

Most mammoth populations had died out by around 10,000 years ago although a small population of 500-1000 woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic until as recently as 1650 BC.

A Texas-based startup, Colossal Biosciences, aims to bring the woolly mammoth back to existence and reestablish this extinct species in the Arctic tundra. Working with Dr. George Church ...

Woolly mammoth meat hasn't been on the menu for at least 5,000 years. A lab-grown meat company called Vow recently appeared to put the option back on the table by creating a "mammoth meatball ...

A new billionaire from efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth: “What we’re excited about is that we are solving hard problems,” said Colossal Biosciences' cofounder and CEO Ben Lamm.

Woolly monkeys were once considered four species: the gray, Columbian, silvery, and Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkeys. More recent genetic studies suggest there are only two species—the ...

Learn More Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Dallas- and Boston-based Colossal is making strides in the ...

In 2021, entrepreneur Ben Lamm and world-renowned Harvard geneticist George Church founded Colossal Biosciences with the audacious plan of creating animals very similar to woolly mammoths using ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Colossal Biosciences, which is known for its plans to revive extinct animals, says that ...

Woolly Mammoth Theatre is celebrating its 45th year and is also marking 20 years in its D Street NW building. It’s hard to imagine something more fitting for Woolly Mammoth Theatre’s stage ...