Behold, the woolly mouse. Scientists at the Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences have taken a small step towards their goal of bringing back the woolly mammoth: Colossal Woolly Mouse.

Colossal Biosciences unveils the woolly mouse, a genetically modified mouse with mammoth-like traits.

This could get hairy. A high-tech company is confident that extinct beasts as far back as the ice age — like the woolly mammoth — can be resurrected by 2028, all thanks to a bankroll by ...

Pictured is Colossal's "woolly mouse" next to a wild-type mouse. Dallas-based biotech startup Colossal aims to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction through genetic engineering.