Scientists can work out a woolly mammoth's age from the rings of its tusk in a similar way to judging a tree’s age from its rings. Male woolly mammoths were thought to reach shoulder heights of ...

Their approach isn’t about cloning but rewriting DNA to create a mammoth hybrid ... Ecosystem Engineering: Woolly mammoths grazed on Arctic tundras, preventing tree growth and maintaining ...

Mammoths share significant genetic similarities with their modern relatives, who are part of the elephant family. Scientists believe modifying elephant genes could create a living woolly mammoth ...

Colossal says that reviving the woolly mammoth would allow it to help better sustain plant life in the tundra, where it was once responsible for destroy certain trees that hindered the growth of ...