The CIA has invested in new technology to help resurrect species not seen on the Earth for more than 10,000 years.
US firm Colossal Biosciences has set its sights on reintroducing woolly mammoths, giant herbivores which roamed the planet for tens of thousands of years before dying out.
The firm’s public portfolio shows its new investor is In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit venture capital firm funded by the American spy operation.