A US biotech company has genetically modified mice to have traits from the extinct woolly mammoth. Researchers at Colossal ...

De-extinction company Colossal mixed mammoth and mouse mutations in a single strain to create a shaggy-haired rodent.

Take the latest discovery by scientists at Colossal Biosciences in Dallas, Texas, who recently bred “woolly mice.” How cool!

Native to the Indian subcontinent, the mouse simply accompanied humans on their migrations, conquering every continent in the process. This triumph is due above all to the development of farming, and ...

Following U.S. President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Mar. 4, 2025, a rumor circulated online that he misspoke when ...

A smoky mouse breeding program in Canberra is successfully boosting the native rodent's numbers and genetic diversity in the wild, offering hope for other species in decline. abc.net.au/news/smoky ...

Smoky mouse populations are so isolated and their numbers so low, that they struggle to find mates that are not genetically related. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a ...

smoky mice are complex social creatures and, as their declining numbers show, do not breed in plague proportions. "We don't know how many there are out there. They're very difficult to capture and ...

Therefore, the researchers have chosen mice for the initial experiments. Mice breed quickly, and their genes are easier to modify, which allows scientists to test and refine their methods in an ...

However, by comparing datasets of mammoth and elephant genomes, the team identified that mammoths lost the function of one of these genes. The researchers also introduced mutations into two of the ...