A pair of woolly mammoth vertebrae in Alaska have been dated to around 2,000 years old, making them by far the most recent ...

After an intense study of the mammoth's genetic code, scientists have engineered 'woolly' mice with altered fur thickness, color, and texture to recreate the extinct elephant's adaptations to the cold ...

Scientists have sequenced RNA from a nearly 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth leg, the oldest ancient RNA ever recovered. These ...

Find the answer for Perished like the woolly mammoths from the people who brought you the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact. With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent ...

Professor Alice Roberts reveals the natural history of the most famous of Ice Age animals – the Woolly Mammoth. Mammoths have transfixed humans since the depths of the last Ice Age when their herds ...

This week, the world met the woolly “mammouse”—a genetically engineered mouse with woolly mammoth hair. The scientists at Colossal Biosciences who created it think it’s a promising step toward their ...

The fate of the woolly mammoth is a story shaped by survival, isolation, and one final mystery still unsolved. Once scattered across the sweeping tundras of the Ice Age, these towering animals thrived ...

Scientists have genetically engineered mice with some key characteristics of an extinct animal that was far larger — the woolly mammoth. This "woolly mouse" marks an important step toward achieving ...

Colossal Biosciences engineered mice with long, woolly hair by editing seven genes. Scientists see potential for conservation but doubt true "de-extinction." The company may apply the technique to ...

A stunning new animation shows saber-toothed cats attacking a herd of woolly mammoths toward the end of the last ice age in the frozen north of North America. "That whole story is set in the frozen ...

The appointment of Reggie D. White, whose resume spans acting, directing and playwriting in addition to in-office leadership, comes amid uncertainty about the road ahead for regional theater.