A woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died about 19,000 years ago and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. Archaeologists began exploring the cave in 1996, uncovering evidence of prehistoric ...

The company first unveiled its plan to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth using genetic editing and surrogacy and return it to the tundra equipped with the biological traits that will allow it to ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

The Colossal "woolly mouse" has fur similar to the thick hair that kept woolly mammoths warm during the last ice age. (Image credit: Colossal) This week, biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences ...

including by bypassing endangered species protections Baby white rhino Nova has given her first open-air media show, jumping and frolicking with her mother Ellie in her enclosure at the Pairi ...

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Say hello to the wooly devil. The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Ovicula biradiata, as it is formally known, is especially notable for being ...

The woolly mice success paves the way for multiple genetic traits to be introduced to Asian elephant DNA, and resurrect the mammoth, which died out around 10,000 years ago.