Russian and Korean scientists have made an important first step towards creating a live woolly mammoth.
The well-preserved 14,000-year-old remains were unearthed by utility workers in the city of Tultepec.
The woolly mammoth is not the only prehistoric beast that modern science could bring back to life.
Scientists have debunked the claim that mammoth meat was served at an Explorers Club dinner in New York.
Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved mammoth specimen on the Lyakhovsky Islands in Eastern Russia.
The impressive woolly mammoth bones were discovered quite unexpectedly by two local farmers.
Scientists in Siberia have set up a lab dedicated to the goal of cloning a mammoth from ancient DNA.
Scientists have extracted the DNA of a well-preserved mammoth in a first step towards creating a clone.
Scientists have been seeking viable DNA samples from a well-preserved mammoth found in Siberia.
Early humans may have relied on domesticated dogs to help them hunt down and kill woolly mammoths.
Experts believe that they have enough samples from preserved mammoth remains to clone a live specimen.
High-protein wildflowers may have played an integral part in the diets of large herbivorous mammals.
The preserved remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth will be put on show as part of an ice age exhibition.
New evidence suggests that climate change, not human hunting, was responsible for wiping out mammoths.
The discovery of 10,000-year-old mammoth blood has opened up the possibility of creating a clone.
The discovery of preserved mammoth blood could soon make it possible to clone a live specimen.
An immaculately preserved mammoth carcass has been discovered in Siberia by an 11-year-old boy.
An expedition has discovered the well preserved remains of a mammoth in Siberia's Yakutia region.
A mammoth conservation effort has helped bring one of the rarest birds back from the brink of extinction.
One Iowa family got the surprise of their lives when they discovered mammoth bones in their garden.