• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 9th, 2015
Russian Scientists Are Dead Set on Cloning a Woolly Mammoth

Russian Scientists Are Dead Set on Cloning a Woolly Mammoth

Because gigantic, furry beasts are just what the world needs

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 2nd, 2015
Millennia-Old Mammoth Remains Discovered by Farmer in Michigan

Millennia-Old Mammoth Remains Discovered by Farmer in Michigan

The mammoth bones were found in a field near Ann Arbor

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 8th, 2015
Woolly Mammoth Skeletal Remains Unearthed in Switzerland

Woolly Mammoth Skeletal Remains Unearthed in Switzerland

The remains are believed to be around 20,000 years old

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 25th, 2015
Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Inserted in Living Elephant Cells

Woolly Mammoth DNA Successfully Inserted in Living Elephant Cells

The end goal of the experiments is to figure out a way to use genetic engineering to bring woolly mammoths back to life

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • March 17th, 2015
Scientists Get Busy Trying to Clone a Woolly Mammoth, No Joke

Scientists Get Busy Trying to Clone a Woolly Mammoth, No Joke

This Monday, the researchers working on this project collected bone tissue samples from a mammoth corpse found in 2013

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 7th, 2015
Horrific 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Impact Exposed as Stone Age House Fires

Horrific 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Impact Exposed as Stone Age House Fires

Researchers say the cosmic impact argued to have contributed to the demise of the mammoths never happened

Top 10 Coolest Science News of the Week: November 17-23, 2014

Top 10 Coolest Science News of the Week: November 17-23, 2014

For those of you who missed them, here are the 10 most important science news and announcements of the week

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 17th, 2014
Cloning a Woolly Mammoth Is an Actual, Ongoing Science Project

Cloning a Woolly Mammoth Is an Actual, Ongoing Science Project

Brainiacs are now trying to make heads or tails of the species' genome with the help of a 40,000-year-old corpse

39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Brain Is Perfectly Preserved

39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Brain Is Perfectly Preserved

The mummified brain's folds and blood vessels are still visible, researchers who have had the chance to examine it say

42,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth Will Go on Display at London Museum

42,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth Will Go on Display at London Museum

The young mammoth, nicknamed Lyuba, is the world's most complete preserved mammoth

39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Goes on Display in Tokyo

39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Goes on Display in Tokyo

The mammoth was discovered in Russia this past May

Mammoth with Blood Still in It Found in Siberia

Mammoth with Blood Still in It Found in Siberia

The animal's remains are said to also contain well-preserved muscle tissue

11-Year Old Russian Boy Stumbles upon 30,000-Year Old Mammoth

11-Year Old Russian Boy Stumbles upon 30,000-Year Old Mammoth

The carcass is almost complete, and ribcage, tusks and mouth are well preserved

Japanese Scientists Want to Clone a Mammoth

Japanese Scientists Want to Clone a Mammoth

They already created a mouse from frozen cells

  • Nature
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • October 6th, 2008
Ike Hurricane Exposes Mammoth Tooth

Ike Hurricane Exposes Mammoth Tooth

The football-sized tooth part was found among a paleontologist's house debris

  • History
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • April 14th, 2008
First Tomography of a Well Preserved Baby Mammoth

First Tomography of a Well Preserved Baby Mammoth

The 37,000-year-old Lyuba

  • History
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • March 22nd, 2008
Mystery Solved: Why Mammoths Were Humped

Mystery Solved: Why Mammoths Were Humped

Ice frozen baby mammoth explains

 
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