How close are we to bringing extinct species of wildlife back from the dead? Is deextinction really happening?

The journey to the woolly mouse began with the woolly mammoth. Scientists at Colossal examined more than 100 genomes of Asian elephants and woolly mammoths.

The Colossal Woolly Mouse, born in October 2024, was genetically engineered to have characteristics that could eventually be used in creating a next-generation woolly mammoth embryo to be born by ...

“The Colossal woolly mouse marks a watershed moment in our de-extinction mission,” said company CEO Ben Lamm in a statement. "By engineering multiple cold-tolerant traits from mammoth ...

Scientists working to bring back the woolly mammoth have created genetically engineered mice that they say have several features of the extinct ice age giant. CNN values your feedback 1.

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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact.With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times ...

The Colossal Woolly Mouse, born in October 2024, was genetically engineered to have characteristics that could eventually be used in creating a next-generation woolly mammoth embryo to be born by ...

A woolly mouse compared with a normal mouse, at Colossal Biosciences labs. Credit - Courtesy of Colossal Biosciences. E xtinction is typically for good. Once a species winks out, it survives only ...

The mice were created by Colossal Biosciences, which edits DNA for species conservation, and has been working to bring back the woolly mammoth since 2021.