Sequencing mammoth DNA has already helped scientists map out how these Ice Age giants evolved, migrated, and survived. But there's a hidden layer of history still waiting to be decoded – the microbes ...

The woolly mammoth is probably the single most iconic extinct mammal, leading to seemingly never-ending efforts to resurrect it. To do that, however, scientists will need a good understanding of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yuka, a mummified mammoth unearthed from Siberian permafrost, is on display, with ice to keep the specimen frozen. - Valeri ...

A woolly mammoth that lived and died nearly 40,000 years ago has given us a spectacular scientific first, millennia later. From the skin and muscle of a mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) named Yuka, ...

A major breakthrough in paleontology has shifted our understanding of the woolly mammoth’s presence in North America. A 216,000-year-old mammoth tooth, discovered along the Old Crow River in the Yukon ...

Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric ...

“The ancient DNA came to our rescue to secure the specimens’ true identity,” wrote Wooller and his colleagues. It also opened ...

(CNN) — Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is now Siberia. These biological remnants are providing insight into ...