Researchers have discovered fossilized woolly mammoth feces in a remote part of Russian Siberia. A piece of fossilized feces—or coprolite—was found alongside an exceptionally preserved adult ...

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

A.J. Weber shows the inside of a portion of steppe bison skull Nov. 8, 2012 in Homer, Alaska that he found near Diamond Creek. The 2011 radiocarbon dating of two remains -- an ankle bone and a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the well-preserved skull of a 13,600-year-old mastodon in south-central Iowa. The creature may have crossed paths with Indigenous people, who began arriving in the ...

A massive mammoth skull dating back 40,000 years has been unearthed in Central Texas. The Texas Through Time Fossil Museum in Hillsboro announced the skull of a male Columbian mammoth, a distant ...

Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field When a pair of Midwest farmers dropped a backhoe bucket 8’ below mature soybeans, they made one of the most unlikely ...

What killed the last woolly mammoths? Researchers had long thought that inbreeding caused a genetic meltdown in the last mammoth population, but a new ancient DNA analysis says otherwise.

“People take woolly mammoths and rhinos to be ‘fellow travelers’ in the last Ice Age, which they often were,” Lister said, referencing how fossils of both species are often found together.

Yes, photo authentically shows mammoth skull discovered in Michigan farmer's field The 2015 discovery provided possible evidence of early human activity in the Wolverine State.

This week, explore the next step in the journey to resurrect woolly mammoths, see a “dead” galaxy, savor the oldest bread, and more.

Woolly mammoths are ice age icons, but did you know there were actually lots of species of mammoths? Get to know the mammoth family, where and when they lived and how hairy they were.

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