Science is taking a major step forward by exploring the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life. Iconic animals like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the Tasmanian tiger could ...

The animals, the first to have been created by Colossal Biosciences, have fluffy coats and curly whiskers.

Researchers think woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) went extinct due to a combination of climate change, human impacts and inbreeding depression.(Image credit: Aunt_Spray/Getty Images ...

The private Dallas company is behind efforts to resurrect the mammoth and other extinct animals. Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link ...

Reintroduction of captive-bred animals has had mixed success. This California butterfly lost habitat to grazing and drought and is considered to be extinct. The last live one was seen in the wild ...

Quetzalcoatlus, one of the largest known flying animals ... extinct in 2008. However, it had not been found in the wild for decades beforehand, its population driven to extinction by habitat loss and ...

Colossal Biosciences has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically "engineer them into living animals," said CEO Ben Lamm.

“The release of the olive perchlet is yet another success of the Allan Labor government’s Nature Fund, which aims to stop the decline of native plants and animals and improve Victoria ... The pieces ...

Since then, the company has focused on identifying key traits of extinct animals by studying ancient DNA, with a goal to genetically “engineer them into living animals,” said CEO Ben Lamm.