Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic. In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has ...

Here's what other projects are underway at Colossal Biosciences. Colossal's goal to bring back the woolly mammoth and how the woolly mouse fits into the plans Church and Ben Lamm, a technology and ...

In recent months, the Dallas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences announced the rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf and woolly mammoth, species that had been extinct for thousands of years ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact.

Here's what other projects are underway at Colossal Biosciences. Colossal's goal to bring back the woolly mammoth and how the woolly mouse fits into the plans Church and Ben Lamm, a technology and ...

Mammoth popularity Woolly mammoths are at the forefront of these controversial de-extinction efforts. Despite a deep bench of more recently extinct species — the dodo, the moa, passenger pigeons ...