Cloning

Latest about cloning

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.

Human Behavior
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.

Planet Earth
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.

Dinosaurs
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.

Land Mammals
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.

Animals
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.

Land Mammals
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This Plan to Bring Back an Extinct Ice-Age Horse Species Is an Extreme Long Shot, Scientists Say

By Mindy Weisberger published

Will a 40,000-year-old mummified horse revive an ice-age species?

Human Behavior
toenail fungus, trichophyton rubrum

Toenail Fungus's Nonexistent Sex Life Is More Interesting Than You Think

By Rachael Rettner published

Toenail fungus is not sexy, and the microbes that cause the infection appear to agree.

Planet Earth
Meet monkey clone, Hua Hua.

Monkeys Have Been Cloned, Paving the Way for Human Cloning

By Stephanie Pappas published

For the first time, scientists have cloned non-human primates.

Monkeys
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