A groundbreaking effort is underway to bring back a long-lost predator using cutting-edge genetic technology. Scientists are ...

The last thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died in captivity in 1936.(Image credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), ...

But the species the team does bring back will be able to help the environment, by aerating the soil, spreading seeds, and ...

Once considered a lost species, this carnivorous marsupial, officially known as the thylacine, could soon make a comeback thanks to groundbreaking adv ...

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm reaffirmed that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — and said that humanity must invest in de-extinction tech.

For nearly a century, the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, has been considered lost to history—a victim of hunting, habitat ...

Colossal Biosciences genetically engineered a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. The milestone could inform human gene therapy.

Scientists recovered RNA from a 110-year-old Tasmanian tiger head, advancing gene editing and de-extinction efforts to bring ...

Cloning the mammoth is impossible. What is left of the giant mammal is found in fragments, echoes of the past. Instead of a complete replica, Colossal aims to piece together DNA from other animals ...

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is ...

The little rodents' genes were edited to exhibit traits associated with a woolly mammoth genome—including fluffy, dirty-blonde fur.