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Dinosaur was so heavy that the road broke during fossil transport
May 6, 2026Titanosaurs weren't just gargantuan when they were alive - even handling their fossils has proven a mammoth task.
Woolly mammoth de-extinction scientists have created woolly mice
Mar 4, 2025Scientists aiming to bring back the woolly mammoth have modified mice to make them more resistant to the cold.
Breakthrough as mammoth chromosomes found preserved in ice
Jul 11, 2024The discovery brings the idea of 'de-extincting' the woolly mammoth one step closer to reality.
Stem cell breakthrough brings de-extinction one step closer
Mar 7, 2024Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough that could help to bring mammoths back to life.
De-extinction firm attracts $150M in funding to resurrect the dodo
Feb 2, 2023Texas-based firm Colossal Biosciences is already working on a way to bring back the long-extinct woolly mammoth.
Giant snails put Florida town into quarantine
VIDEO Jul 3, 2022An invasive species of giant snail has resulted in restrictions being placed on the area.
Mammoths still roamed the Earth when Egypt's pyramids were being built
Oct 30, 2021A new study has shown that some Ice Age mammals survived much longer than previously thought.
New $15M firm aims to de-extinct the mammoth
Sep 13, 2021A UFO hunter has teamed up with a Harvard geneticist in a renewed effort to bring mammoths back to life.
Prehistoric woolly mammoth traveled 70,000km
Aug 14, 2021Scientists have identified a mammoth that roamed a distance equivalent to circling the entire planet twice.
World's oldest mammoth DNA recovered
Feb 18, 2021Scientists have extracted DNA from the teeth of mammoths that roamed the Earth 1.2 million years ago.
Last mammoths lost the ability to smell flowers
Feb 9, 2020By 'resurrecting' the DNA of extinct mammoths, scientists have learned what may have contributed to their demise.
Huge prehistoric shark found in cave wall
Feb 1, 2020The well-preserved fossil remains of a 330 million-year-old shark have been discovered in a cave in Kentucky.
Mammoths survived until just 4,000 years ago
Oct 10, 2019A population of woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth at the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built.
Mammoth resurrection is now one step closer
Mar 12, 2019Japanese scientists have achieved a 'significant step' towards the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
Javelin found embedded in mammoth's rib
Jan 21, 2019Researchers have discovered direct evidence that humans actively hunted mammoths with weapons.
Road workers unearth woolly mammoth bones
Oct 21, 2018The prehistoric remains of a mammoth and rhinoceros have been discovered near Cambridge, England.
Mammoths could roam 'Ice Age Park' by 2028
Sep 21, 2018Scientists in Russia remain optimistic that the woolly mammoth can be resurrected within a decade.
Entire family of mammoths goes on sale
Nov 21, 2017The skeletons, which include a one-year-old baby, were discovered by builders in Siberia 15 years ago.
PayPal founder funds mammoth resurrection
Jul 3, 2017Peter Thiel has reportedly contributed $100,000 towards efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
Tallest men trace back to mammoth hunters
Apr 13, 2017A new study has linked a prehistoric population of mammoth hunters with some of today's tallest people.
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