Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction.

Though the woolly rhinoceros might not be as well known as its contemporary, the woolly mammoth, it roamed the Earth for ...

Their objective is well-defined and clear: to bring back the Woolly mammoth that comedian Trevor Noah wants to adopt and ...

SCIENTISTS have long pondered the concept of de-extinction, or reviving long-gone species that are hundreds of thousands of years old. Now they say we’re closer than ever to bringing the ...

We can avoid such innovation and the controversy that comes with it. But the reality is that many milestone moments in ...

Some mammoth bones have been gnawing at North Dakota State Geologist Ed Murphy for more than 35 years. Murphy recently ...

The resurgence of extinct species like the woolly mammoth is becoming a reality, but it brings significant ethical and ...

"(I'm) used to letting people down softly," the ranger said. "When people come to me with interesting rocks, it's usually one ...

Grid lines were laid out for a potential fossil dig at a home in northwest North Dakota. Mammoth teeth were found 1988 while preparing the site for the construction of the garage at the right. Some ...

The study, published recently in the journal Cell, reconstructed the 3D structures of the woolly mammoth’s chromosomes, the structure in the cell nucleus in which DNA and proteins are organised ...

The 'de-extinction' company Colossal and the conservation group Re:wild found common ground in the potential of genetic ...

As more species are pushed to the brink of extinction, conservationists are responding to our biodiversity crisis in new and sometimes controversial ways. One such novel approach could be described as ...