The first major frontier of “de-extinction” has just been crossed. Earlier today, the company Colossal Biosciences reported that its scientists have successfully brought back a version of the dire wolf—purportedly the first such resurrection of a previously extinct species. Colossal announced its seismic accomplishment Monday morning, accompanied by a lengthy cover article in Time magazine. Using […]
A ‘Real Super Female’: 310-Mile Stretch of Seaweed May Be World’s Biggest Clone
Researchers previously believed that a small, bushy seaweed in the Baltic Sea belonged to a species called narrow wrack. New research reveals they’re actually individuals within a giant seaweed clone—perhaps the largest clone known to science. In a study published February 17 in the journal Molecular Ecology, University of Gothenburg researchers disproved the previous assumption […]