The documentary weaves together a hunt for mammoth tusks in the Arctic with scenes from the front lines of synthetic biology.

During the last ice age, there wasn’t much plant matter to eat on northern steppes, but herbivorous woolly mammoths were abundant. How did they survive?

Gene flow between elephant species was a common feature of their evolutionary history.

In chapter 4, “Why Recreate the Woolly Mammoth?” author Britt Wray explores the social consequences of bringing an iconic species back from extinction.

Researchers are using the powerful gene-editing tool to recreate the woolly mammoth.