“It all started from an accidental observation,” says Li Zhang, a systems neuroscientist at the Keck School of Medicine of ...

Nutria, an invasive species, has caused erosion and loss of habitat in California and approximately 19 other states.

Colossal Biosciences leaders say the fluffy, golden-haired mice help validate their technique to “de-extinct” species, but ...

The closer connections between the genomes of these two species may make mammoth de-extinction more technically feasible than ...

Non-native species can devastate vulnerable ecosystems. Conservationists are hoping that the promise of a tasty meal will ...

Ecologists say the rare and cryptic smoky mouse is proving it can survive on its own in the state's south, where a ...

The biotech company Colossal Biosciences has long aspired to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, which roamed the Northern ...

The study showed that mice reacting to unconscious peers acted instinctively in an emergency rather than out of curiosity.

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have achieved a milestone to resurrecting the woolly mammoth: laboratory mice with thick, ...

The little rodents' genes were edited to exhibit traits associated with a woolly mammoth genome—including fluffy, dirty-blonde fur.

On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra announced the creation of what it is ...

semi-aquatic rodent native to South America. “It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and this year, please consider the following slogan: ‘Save a Swamp, Sauté a Nutria.’ ...