The most common species in this region was the Columbian mammoth. Unlike the shaggy woolly mammoth found farther north, it more closely resembled an African bush elephant.

A mammoth task: stable isotope analyses as a tool to prevent illegal trade of elephant ivory. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 2025; 13 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2025.1533703 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists have made a leap in genetic engineering by pushing elephant cells into an embryonic-like state. This marks a major step toward recreating traits of the extinct woolly mammoth, offering ...