The discovery of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka, found in Siberian permafrost with its skin and muscles intact, has ...

A woolly mammoth that lived and died nearly 40,000 years ago has given us a spectacular scientific first, millennia later.

In 2010 Yukaghir hunters found the nearly intact carcass of a young woolly mammoth frozen in the northern Siberian permafrost. Now a team of researchers has extracted from Yuka the oldest RNA ...

Researchers at Stockholm University carefully ground up bits of muscle and other tissue from Yuka and nine other woolly ...

The well-preserved remains of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia enabled scientists to extract RNA for the first time and ...

The creation of a woolly-mouse embryo marks a significant leap in the field of de-extinction, bringing us one step closer to reviving the iconic woolly mammoth. By combining advanced gene-editing ...

Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started ...

Researchers at Stockholm University recovered intact RNA molecules – the chemical messengers that reveal which genes were active – from a 39,000-year-old male mammoth named Yuka. The breakthrough, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts — genetically ...

Scientists have recently successfully isolated and sequenced the oldest-known RNA from a juvenile male woolly mammoth – ...

Colossal Biosciences engineered mice with long, woolly hair by editing seven genes. Scientists see potential for conservation but doubt true "de-extinction." The company may apply the technique to ...

In this Feb 2025 photo provided by Colossal Biosciences are genetically edited mice with long, thick, woolly hair at a lab in Dallas, Texas. (Colossal Biosciences via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Extinction ...