A wolf puppy's frozen stomach contents have upended theories on the woolly rhinoceros extinction, revealing a genetically healthy population that vanished abruptly around 14,000 years ago.

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ...

The last meal eaten by a wolf cub before its demise, some 14,400 years ago, has yielded new insight into how the woolly ...

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region who call it the best-preserved ...

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An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost. Researchers found the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub in what is now Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, ...

In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. A growing number ...

Scientists say global warming is making extreme weather events like droughts, wildfires and floods more frequent and intense. — © AFP Patrick T. Fallon Scientists ...