Scientists have assembled the genome of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth using first-of-its-kind fossil DNA fragments unearthed in Siberia, an advance that takes researchers a step closer to ...

A prehistoric creature has just provided a stunning breakthrough, as a new research paper reveals that scientists mapped the three-dimensional architecture of a woolly mammoth's genome using ...

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 ...

Some of the world’s oldest microbial DNA has been found preserved in the mammoth remains dating back over one million years. An international team, led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics ...

A pair of fossils once thought to be the youngest woolly mammoth remains ever found in Alaska have turned out to be something ...

Scientists are reporting they have a new way to get genetic information from animals that have long been extinct. They extract DNA from an animal's hair. Using the technique, researchers were able to ...

WASHINGTON — Extinction is still forever, but scientists at the biotech company Colossal Biosciences are trying what they say is the next best thing to restoring ancient beasts – genetically ...

Researchers analyzed ancient RNA from the extinct creatures. Could this be a “steppingstone” in the quest to bring them back?

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 ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...