Fossils found in Siberia of a tiny woolly mammoth could be an entirely new species, researchers say, with some dubbing it a "Golden mammoth." ...

Woolly mammoths resurfacing in SiberiaReporting from Moscow — The beasts had long lain extinct and forgotten, embedded deep in the frozen turf, bodies swaddled in Earth’s layers for thousands ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

In 2011 and 2015, researchers unearthed a pair of remarkably well-preserved “puppies”—with their skin, fur and stomach contents still intact—from the permafrost in northern Siberia. Nearby, they also ...

Reindeer herders in northern Siberia stumbled upon the 10,000-year-old remains of a teenage woolly mammoth submerged in a lake. The remains included the skull, the pelt, and a foot fragment with ...

In the remote northern region of Siberia, a “mammoth graveyard” thought to be evidence of a die-off may have actually been a dumping ground for an ancient people. Roman Purtov via Unsplash In ...

Woolly mammoths are evocative of a bygone era, when Earth was gripped within an Ice Age. Current knowledge places early mammoth ancestors in the Pliocene (2.58–5.33 million years ago, Ma) before ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.

The BCM scientists were part of a team of researchers from around the world who discovered fossils of ancient chromosomes in the skin of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth found in Siberia.

Stuffy noses from plant allergies may have meant mammoths couldn't smell each other's pheromones, resulting in them struggling to find a mate.

New effort IDs the genes that made the mammoth Shaggy fur, cold tolerance, and cancer resistance may all be in the genes.

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...