Previous studies have established that woolly mammoths, distant relatives of today’s elephants, once roamed across North America, Asia, and northern Europe before going extinct roughly 4,000 ...

Mammoth, in the Clovis era, was likely a food staple rather than an occasional treat, the researchers say. The chemical evidence in Anzick-1’s bone comes from gradual accumulation as his tissues ...

Woolly mammoths have become the poster child for de-extinction. The giant land mammals have long held our intrigue and fascination.

The woolly mammoth was one of the most charismatic species of the last Ice Age, between roughly 120,000 to 12,000 years ago. Yet, the cause of its extinction remains a mystery.

A woolly mammoth tusk unearthed in a coal mine where it had been buried for thousands of years has been carefully conserved during an unusual clean-up job. Belonging to the long extinct Ice Age ...

Colossal’s ultimate goal is to introduce these woolly mammoth traits, along with others, into modern elephants. This general area of science has become known as de-extinction.

MOSCOW - Russian researchers say they have discovered a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with liquid blood on a remote Arctic island, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal. They ...

An Ice Age Infant’s Bones Reveal Early Americans Ate Woolly Mammoths as a Protein Staple New research examines chemical signatures to determine the diet of a prehistoric boy and his mother ...