In 2024, researchers challenged a decades-old theory about the extinction of woolly mammoths that they didn't die out the way we thoughtScientists now believe a sudden event caused the extinction of the last woolly mammoths. These mammoths became isolated on Wrangel Island a...
28 Jul, 2026, 01.21 AM IST
Ben Lamm and Colossal Biosciences: The billionaire tech founder behind the $10 billion plan to bring back extinct animalsTech entrepreneur Ben Lamm is spearheading Colossal Biosciences, a company aiming to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth thr...
23 Jun, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...
10 Jun, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
In 2024, scientists studied a 52,000-year-old mammoth, and found something ancient DNA was never expected to keepA remarkably preserved Siberian woolly mammoth, dating back 52,000 years, has yielded an astonishing discovery: fossilized chromosomes. Thi...
04 Jun, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
Why Europe Is Quietly Bringing Back an Animal That Went Extinct in 1627The last aurochs, an ancestor of modern cattle, vanished in Poland in 1627. However, a groundbreaking scientific effort is bringing these m...
11 May, 2026, 03.32 AM IST
The real Jurassic Park is happening: Woolly mammoths are returning and that's not even the biggest news — here's what else is comingExtinct animals coming back: Scientists are pursuing de-extinction, aiming to bring back species like the woolly mammoth and bluebuck. The ...
03 May, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
From Dirt to Discovery: How Cave Sediments Are Revealing Ice Age Species Without BonesResearchers are now analyzing ancient DNA found in soil to identify extinct species, revolutionizing prehistoric ecosystem research. This i...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Dire wolves are back, and Elon Musk just ordered the next extinct animal- A pet wooly mammothElon Musk has stirred the internet by requesting a miniature woolly mammoth as a pet, just as Colossal Biosciences revealed the world’s fir...
08 Apr, 2025, 01.05 PM IST
Dire Wolves Return: Meet Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in 13,000 yearsDire Wolves back from Extinction: Three pups bearing the traits of long-extinct dire wolves have been born in a US sanctuary, marking the w...
08 Apr, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
Dire wolves brought back to life using ancient DNA and modern scienceColossal Biosciences has brought the extinct dire wolf back to life using groundbreaking gene-editing and cloning techniques. By analyzing ...
07 Apr, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years agoBy pulling dozens of species out of just a few sediment samples, the study highlights some of eDNA's advantages, said Benjamin Vernot, an a...
09 Dec, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Complete genome of elephants mappedScientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of the world's most iconic animal families - elephants, and their relatives mammoths a...
27 Feb, 2018, 12.36 PM IST
- Human DNA discovered in caves without skeletal remains
Washington, April 28 (IANS) An international team of researchers has successfully retrieved human DNA in cave sediments where no skeletal r...
28 Apr, 2017, 08.35 AM IST