Several scientists across the globe are taking cloning to a whole new level. They want to clone animals that are already extinct.

Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark who is working on reconstructing the mammoth says he believes it is possible to bring back an extinct species like a mammoth if an extremely well preserved cell is found. He May have gotten his wish. A beautifully persevered baby mammoth was recently announced.

"The mammoth has no defects except that its tail was bit off," said Alexei Tikhonov, deputy director of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a member of the delegation.