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Earlier this month, science delivered a really cute experimental result. Researchers created a “colossal woolly mouse,” a ...

Eagles are gorgers, meaning they eat until their crop is completely full. They then rest while it digests. Much like the ...

Last week, science delivered a really cute experimental result. Researchers created a “colossal woolly mouse,” a fluffy rodent that’s purported to be a step on the way to resurrecting woolly mammoths ...

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Bringing the woolly mammoth back to life is no easy task. But for Ben Lamm, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, the stress of the ...

In Australia’s arid and semi-arid zones lives a highly elusive predator. It’s small but fierce and feisty, with big eyes, ...

Scientists engineered woolly mice to study mammoth traits, raising ethical and ecological concerns about de-extinction.

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 engineeri ...