The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the ...

George Moon discovered the bone of a woolly mammoth while diving in Lake Pleasant in 1991. That discovery is being celebrated again, 34 years later, by TV host John Oliver and the Erie Seawolves.

Summer flowers are in bloom, giving us a reason to go outside on this sweltering week, but what we’re really waiting for is ...

How a Colossal Biosciences’ Game of Thrones-inspired Direwolf paved the way to reviving the Woolly Mammoth by 2028.

How close are we to bringing extinct species of wildlife back from the dead? Is deextinction really happening?

Melting ice is causing changes to the shoreline, animal behavior and even leading to new archaeological discoveries as ...

We created a very special #diorama when #Scrat the squirrel accidentally found a frozen #mammoth friend, and to his surprise there were so many acorns for him right in front of what he was looking for ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

The South Island giant moa may be Colossal Biosciences' next de-extinction project - but scientists caution the outcome won't ...

Elsewhere in Arctic regions, especially Siberia, Indigenous Peoples were familiar with mammoth remains preserved by permafrost.

Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...

The woolly mammoth, an iconic Ice Age giant that once roamed the frozen tundra, has been extinct for thousands of years.