Ice Age" shows how iconic ice age creatures adapted to their changing environment as temperatures rose and ice sheets started ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, ...

It was 2012 when Love Dalén, a paleogeneticist at Stockholm University, first laid eyes upon a special specimen on a lab table in eastern Siberia. "Our Russian collaborators said, 'Come here into this ...

Revered by early humans and frozen in time, the woolly mammoth shaped both ecosystems and legends. But its story holds deeper secrets few truly know. Trump-appointed judge orders state to use new ...

View post: The North Face's Warm and Packable Insulated Jacket Is Now Nearly $70 Off Colossal Biosciences aims to rewrite history as they work to resurrect extinct species – and their sights are set ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

DNA dating back over one million years has been identified in the woolly mammoth remains. Scientists who discovered some of the world's oldest microbial DNA also identified for the first time bacteria ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact. Colossal ...

Rebecca Woods received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of ...

Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic. In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has ...