By studying the differences between the Asian elephant genome and the woolly mammoth genome, Colossal scientists have identified 'target genes' that essentially determine whether an organism ...

For the woolly mammoth, scientists analyze DNA recovered from frozen remains to identify the genetic differences between the mammoth and its closest living relative, the Asian elephant.

So what does the woolly mammoth have to do with it? Back to the elephant—or rather, mammoth—in the room. What does resurrecting a giant herbivore do for biodiversity? That’s why Colossal ...

Colossal Biosciences, the US company aiming to bring back extinct species, says that it expects its first woolly ... of elephants by this method, which will pave the way for mammoth births.

which mainly went extinct 10,000 years ago (though some populations remained until 4,000 years ago), by creating a woolly mammoth calf that an elephant mother will then give birth to.

Colossal Biosciences is working to bring back species like the woolly mammoth using CRISPR-Cas9 technology. The project aims to restore lost biodivers ...

Colossal first made headlines a few years back after setting a bold goal to deliver the first woolly mammoth ... and in the case of the mammoth that's every living elephant species.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Ben Lamm says the company is on track to produce a woolly mammoth calf born to a surrogate elephant mother by late 2028. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences ...

The goal to revive the woolly mammoth by 2027 is a huge ... with and then place a viable embryo into an African elephant. Once the mammoth has been birthed, it will be used to repopulate the ...