Will de-extinction for the mammoth help slow climate change?

Word of the Week: De-extinction. Can we bring back the dodo, woolly mammoth, even the dinosaurs?

Essentially, de-extinction — a neologism — involves taking fragments of DNA from an extinct species, creating embryos from that DNA and implanting those embryos in a related species.

Will de-extinction for the mammoth help slow climate change?

For centuries, mammoths have fascinated civilizations due to their sheer and lore. Now, scientists are investigating the possibility of introducing mammoth-like species as part of a revolutionary approach to combat climate change.In a recent interview with FOX 13 News, Dr. Tyler Faith, Chief Curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah, discussed groundbreaking research focused on the concept of de-extinction bringing extinct species back to li…

The Science and Technology Behind Dire Wolf De-Extinction

In what represents a historical milestone in genetic engineering, Colossal Biosciences has successfully brought back the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) after 12,000 years of extinction. This achievement involved an unprecedented fusion of ancient DNA analysis, CRISPR gene editing, and cloning techniques to recreate a species once thought lost to time. The technical achievement is particularly significant in its scale: Colossal’s scientists made 20 p…