Cloning

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Latest about cloning

The bison's head.

Scientists want to clone an extinct bison unearthed from Siberian permafrost. Experts are skeptical.

By Harry Baker published

Researchers in Russia recently dissected a mummified bison dating back to around 8,000 years ago. The remains are so well preserved that the team thinks the extinct animal could be cloned, but others disagree.

The world's first Arctic wolf clone was recently born in China.

World's first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company reveals

By Harry Baker last updated

A Chinese pet-cloning company has successfully cloned an Arctic wolf for the first time. The adorable pup is proof that cloning could be used to help save endangered species.

Poseidon's ribbon weed

The world's biggest clone is a 77-square-mile 'immortal' meadow of seagrass

By Harry Baker published

Researchers have discovered that 4,500-year-old seagrass meadows in Shark Bay, Western Australia, are actually the world's largest clone.

A photo of Dolly, the cloned sheep in Roslin, Scotland on Sept. 2, 1997.

Why haven't we cloned a human yet?

By Joe Phelan published

Here's a look at the science for why we haven't cloned any humans yet.

A photo of Dolly, the cloned sheep in Roslin, Scotland on Sept. 2, 1997.

Why haven't we cloned a human yet?

By Joe Phelan published

Here's a look at the science for why we haven't cloned any humans yet.

Two identical looking sheep looking at the camera.

How does cloning work?

By Jennifer Welsh published

Here's how to clone yourself. In theory, at least.

Actor Joseph Mazzello hiding from dinosaurs in Jurassic Park

Could we build a real-life Jurassic Park?

By Ailsa Harvey, How It Works magazine published

Advances in science could make it possible to bring the dinosaurs back to life.

Elizabeth Ann is the first cloned black-footed ferret and first-ever cloned U.S. endangered species. Above, Elizabeth Ann at 68 days old.

Endangered black-footed ferret cloned for the first time

By Rachael Rettner published

The adorable clone, named Elizabeth Ann, was created using cells that were frozen more than three decades ago.

Called the Lena horse (<em>Equus caballus lenensis</em>), this ice age foal was found in the Batagaika Crater in eastern Siberia and is thought to have been just 2 months old when it died, likely by drowning in mud.

42,000-Year-Old Foal Entombed in Ice Still Had Liquid Blood in Its Veins

By Stephanie Pappas published

It's the oldest liquid blood on record, say scientists who want to clone the ice age horse.

Woolly mammoth

Mammoth DNA Briefly 'Woke Up' Inside Mouse Eggs. But Cloning Mammoths Is Still a Pipe Dream.

By Laura Geggel published

A handful of 28,0000-year-old woolly mammoth cell parts were recently "woken up" for a short time in a new experiment, but cloning the ice age beasts is still a long way off.

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