09 Jul, 2025
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De-Extinction Company Targets Giant 3.6m-Tall, 230kg Moa After Woolly Mammoth Revival Efforts

Reviving the Moa: Colossal Biosciences’ Next De-Extinction Project (Images: 1. Illustration of the towering South Island Giant Moa; 2. 1903 photo of Māori students with a moa reconstruction; 3. Peter Jackson and Ben Lamm holding moa bones; 4. Emu, the moa’s closest living relative) Colossal Biosciences, the company aiming to revive the woolly mammoth, is […]

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Scientists Genetically Engineer World’s First Woolly Mouse to Aid Mammoth De-Extinction Efforts

Scientists Engineer ‘Woolly Mice’ Using Mammoth DNA, a Step Toward De-Extinction [Image: Woolly mouse (left) with thick, curly fur compared to a regular mouse (right). Caption: Engineered mice show traits inspired by woolly mammoth DNA.] In a novel step toward resurrecting the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has created the first genetically engineered mice with mammoth-like […]