arts and crafts Check out these spectacular handcrafted wool needle-felted animals Jennifer Sandlin

art Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit Popkin

Science Colossal exaggeration — scientist admits "dire wolves" are just big gray wolves Gail Sherman

Science Scientists cry foul on Colossal's "de-extincted Dire Wolf" claim Gail Sherman

Science Genetics startup re-creates "dire wolf" using ancient DNA Rob Beschizza

genetic engineering Meet the woolly mouse, the first step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction Allan Rose Hill

public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

paleontology Meet Yana, the well-preserved 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, just unveiled in Russia Allan Rose Hill

paleontology 35,000-year-old body of saber-toothed kitten preserved in permafrost Rob Beschizza

Science This weird woolly rhino is incredibly well-preserved after 32,000 years Allan Rose Hill

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

archaeology Man finds stone age mammoth bones buried in his basement David Pescovitz

Science Cloning extinct animals: A disaster waiting to happen Yoy Luadha

Science Dodo to be deëxtincted with genetic engineering Rob Beschizza

sheep These shearing videos are incredibly satisfying to watch Jennifer Sandlin

genetics Wooly mammoths to be reborn by 2027, says biotech firm Rob Beschizza

art Take a virtual tour of the Pech Merle prehistoric cave paintings Ruben Bolling

dancing bugs Watch these Boogie Woogie Aphids getting down! Jennifer Sandlin

paleontology Incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Yukon David Pescovitz