Kris Stewart loved her cat Bear. A lot. So much so that when he died in 2022, she raced to store his DNA. “He was a very ...

With the recent news of Tom Brady cloning his dog, the spotlight is once again on the surging popularity of pet cloning services. Once a concept confined to the realms of science fiction, pet cloning ...

In the early 2000s, Mill Valley-based BioArts International offered pet cloning services, partnering with a South Korean laboratory to do the actual cloning. In 2008, BioArts offered to clone dogs for ...

Happy New Year, Dallas Voice readers! I hope everyone is doing well, and I am thrilled to be starting 2026 with a unique topic for our Woof column. Let’s dive in right away! If I told you that you ...

When Liu Xing’s beloved cat passed away after 15 years by her side, she couldn’t bear the thought of life without him. Instead of saying goodbye to her pet forever, she turned to science. After ...

When Venessa Johnson first laid eyes on her new puppy Ollie, the adorable, 8-week-old Shih Tzu seemed more than a little familiar. Everything about him — his little nose, his mannerisms — brought back ...

Everyone has that one pet in life who they fall in love with at first sight — or first scratch. For San Francisco resident Wyatt Boumedine, that was Zine, his white cat with a raccoon-like tail who ...

You love your dog or cat. Someday your dog or cat will die. (I’m sorry, but it’s inevitable.) What if you could put aside the genetic materials to make a perfect copy of your beloved animal, a clone ...

The other day, my wife and I got in argument about an article in the New York Times. It was about Barbra Streisand's decision to pay $50,000 to clone her dead dog, Samantha. The procedure was ...

Two cloned cats, Zinou and Zine Jr., eat treats on a mantel under a painting of their genetic donor Zine, at Wyatt Boumedine’s home in San Francisco, California on Aug. 16, 2024. Karl Mondon/Bay Area ...