- Nature
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 9th, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
Researchers say the cosmic impact argued to have contributed to the demise of the mammoths never happened
- Weekly Round-up
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 23rd, 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
Brainiacs are now trying to make heads or tails of the species' genome with the help of a 40,000-year-old corpse
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 7th, 2014
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
- Oddiverse
- By Ancuta Iosub
- April 14th, 2014
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
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 9th, 2013
39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Goes on Display in Tokyo
The mammoth was discovered in Russia this past May
- History
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 29th, 2013
Mammoth with Blood Still in It Found in Siberia
The animal's remains are said to also contain well-preserved muscle tissue
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 6th, 2012
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
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2008
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
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
The 37,000-year-old Lyuba
- History
- By Stefan Anitei
- March 22nd, 2008
Mystery Solved: Why Mammoths Were Humped
Ice frozen baby mammoth explains