Paleontologists call this vast region the “mammoth steppe” after the largest animals that traversed it. Adult male woolly mammoths reached a height of 12 feet at the shoulder, with a thick ...

The woolly mouse wasn’t ever a species. But creating it shows it’s possible to analyze dozens of ancient woolly, Columbian and steppe mammoth genomes and then create observable traits in ...

From the vast Mammoth Steppe to the extinction event that wiped them out, the woolly mammoth remains one of the most fascinating creatures in history. Discover their relationship with early humans, ...

Ivory doesn’t hold up as well against weathering as bone, making it a less suitable material for toolmaking, researchers said. It also breaks into smaller pieces, making it harder to use with any deal ...

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a species of mammoth, the common name for the extinct elephant genus Mammuthus. The woolly mammoth was one of the last in a line of mammoth species ...

YAKUTSK, February 24. /TASS/. A batch of steppe bison will be brought to Pleistocene Park in Yakutia’s north-east to continue the experiment to restore the mammoth steppe ecosystem, Nikita Zimov ...