Stories about: woolly mammoth  

Because gigantic, furry beasts are just what the world needs

Study blames humans for megafauna extinction

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

Well, technically, the recipe would make it possible for researchers to create a hairy Arctic elephant of sorts

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

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

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

The skeleton might be missing a couple of toes, but it comes complete with tusks and this more than makes up for it

Baby mammoths Lyuba and Khroma died when just 1 month and 2 months old, respectively

It is likely that this led to their demise, researchers argue

The mammoth was discovered in Russia this past May

The important finding was made by workers at a construction site

The animal's DNA had some 4 billion bases