Imagine a world where enormous woolly mammoths still roamed the frozen tundra, their long tusks sweeping through the snow as they trudged across ancient grasslands. These Ice Age giants once shaped ...

A mummified wolf pup that died in Siberia roughly 14,400 years ago has yielded a scientific first: a complete woolly rhinoceros genome preserved in its stomach. By decoding that genetic trove, ...

The first top-to-toe revamp of a town's museum has reached an "exciting milestone" almost four years after it closed. The ...

The little horn!

Radiocarbon dating of a woolly mammoth found on Anglesey has given new insights into their recolonisation of Britain. Tests revealed it to be the oldest known mammoth to have re-inhabited the UK at ...

What is a woolly monkey? An animal called a woolly monkey seems like it should live in the frozen north, not the sweltering Amazon Basin. But the thick coat of fur covering these large primates ...

Complete fossil skeletons of two ice age mammals — a woolly mammoth and woolly rhino — are being erected in the atrium of the state office complex Downtown at 400 W. Congress St. You can visit them ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

From Ötzi the Iceman locked in an Alpine glacier to smoke-dried human mummies in ancient Asia, desiccated desert cheetahs, and a frozen Siberian wolf cub carrying woolly rhino DNA in its gut, these ...

By David Bolling Have you ever scratched a rhinoceros behind the ear? Probably not. Given the popular perception of rhinos, petting one might sound almost as risky as kissing a crocodile on the lips.