The Kostenki 11 site, located near the Don River, just 300 kilometers from Moscow, is one of the most significant Upper ...

In 2011, a woolly mammoth was dug out in near pristine condition after it spent the last 28,000 years frozen solid in the ...

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

"Until now, many studies have focused on analyzing fossil DNA and not whether they still function." To determine whether the mammoth DNA could still function, researchers had to undergo a ...

All that remains is the gene editing process to add the targeted mammoth genes into elephant DNA, according to the company. 'We've set one timeline which is late 2028 for the first mammoth ...

In the case of the dodo or the Tasmanian tiger, there are museum specimens which are recent enough to provide at least some useful DNA. The mammoth is considerably older, but some of them died ...

But by studying ancient DNA and using modern gene-editing techniques, Colossal believes it may just be a few years away from creating the first mammoth embryos. “Believe it or not, we ...

Learn about the El Mirón cave in northern Spain, home to the unusually red bones of a buried woman and ancient carnivores ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Circular mammoth bone structures have been recovered ... rather than trapping solitary male individuals. The mitochondrial DNA provided additional insights. "The fact that we find multiple ...

Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.

Launched in 2021, Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences Inc. aims to reintroduce extinct species, some of which date back to the ...