The last mammoths on Earth survived centuries of genetic drift before dying out some 4,000 years ago, but the ultimate cause of their demise remains unknown. Reading time 4 minutes The last mammoths ...

Scientists have sequenced a nearly complete woolly mammoth genome, which should bolster efforts to resurrect the Stone Age zoological rock star. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric ...

In labs and boardrooms, a small group of technologists is trying to turn the woolly mammoth from Ice Age fossil into living, breathing animal. They promise climate benefits, scientific breakthroughs ...

A few years ago, the idea of reviving extinct animals sat closer to speculative science fiction than anything investors would ...

A team of Russian and Japanese scientists recently announced that they have discovered pristine DNA samples of woolly mammoths, and they will clone a living mammoth within five years. It’s ...