Don't count on resurrected woolly mammoths to combat climate change

Co-founders of Colossal, Ben Lamm (L), CEO and George Church (R) | Image: Business Wire A flashy new biotech startup launched yesterday called Colossal is on a mission to make an elephant-woolly mammoth mashup -- with the ultimate goal of promoting biodiversity and combating climate change, it says. The effort has gotten a lot of hype and big-name backers, but scientists who work in conservation are still pretty skeptical. The science behind Colossal is in very early stages and is mired in ethic...