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This Curious Mammal Lived On Earth 62 Million Years Ago And Was A Close Relative Of Humans
During the early Paleocene, about 66 to 56 million years ago, a species of small mammal known as Mixodectes pungens […] ...
Is this really a dire wolf? Here’s how the ‘de-extinct’ pups compare to the real thing.
The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...
The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company
Colossal Biosciences said it used ancient DNA from the extinct species to create three dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus ...
New UNCG research shows southern shrews shrink in winter
Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its ...