Although scientists say the woolly mouse project won’t go on indefinitely, don’t worry – there’s already people from the team waiting to adopt them Susan Young is a reporter for PEOPLE.

It’s one small step for mice, one giant leap for mammoth-kind. Scientists endeavoring to “de-extinct” woolly mammoths through genetic modification have taken a meaningful step toward ...

Woolly mammoths roamed the frozen tundras of Europe, Asia and North America until they went extinct around 4,000 years ago. Colossal made a splash in 2021 when it unveiled an ambitious plan to ...

While the woolly mouse is a step towards the team's lofty goal, it doesn't take a geneticist to see there's a big difference between small rodents with short life cycles and the huge, long-living ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A biotechnology company has genetically modified mice to exhibit mammoth-like hair traits, marking a step towards potentially resurrecting the woolly mammoth ...

Biotech company Colossal, which is attempting to bring back the woolly mammoth, has reached a milestone − and a very cute one at that: the woolly mouse. The Colossal Woolly Mouse, born in ...

With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an ordinary lab mouse, the genetically modified rodent embodies several woolly mammoth-like traits, according to ...

A woolly mouse compared with a normal mouse, at Colossal Biosciences labs. A woolly mouse compared with a normal mouse, at Colossal Biosciences labs.Courtesy of Colossal Biosciences Editor at ...

Last week, science delivered a really cute experimental result. Researchers created a “colossal woolly mouse,” a fluffy rodent that’s purported to be a step on the way to resurrecting woolly ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Colossal Biosciences has taken a massive step forward in its quest to revive the woolly ...