Colossal Bioscience News Today

Who says there’s no good news? Recently scientists claimed they are on the verge of bringing the woolly mammoth back from extinction! These large, hairy, elephant-like creatures were said to have gone extinct, along with mastodons, ground sloths, dire wolves and a host of other prehistoric monsters called “Pleistocene megafauna,” somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago.

Andrew Matthews/PA Images/Getty Images A life-size woolly mammoth is on display at The Box Museum in Plymouth, UK. Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory

'My Octopus Teacher' co-director James Reed will exec produce a docuseries about "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences.

Ask why, exactly, we need to bring woolly mammoths back to life after 4,000 years, and the answers become numerous and hideously predictable.

 

We also have incredible teams working on the Tasmanian tiger—or the thylacine—and the dodo.

One ancient species is on track to be roaming the earth again by late 2028.

FARGO — North Dakota is positioning to play a role in bringing back long-extinct species like the woolly mammoth and dodo bird as a company on a mission makes plans

A select rundown of stories found on InForum

Colossal Biosciences, which is working to bring back the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and dodo bird, is lured by North Dakota's business environment, climate and biotech sector.