Scientists found that different species of woolly mammoths were interbreeding, creating hybrid babies with traits from both ...

Of course, there are no woolly mammoths or prehistoric creatures in any of the paintings — though Mastodons are one of Benedict’s many inspirations, as someone who previously worked at the New York ...

Researchers have successfully extracted DNA from insects embedded within resin samples. This technique may eventually be used ...

Revered by early humans and frozen in time, the woolly mammoth shaped both ecosystems and legends. But its story holds deeper secrets few truly know.

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North American mammoths interbred more often than previously believed, suggesting hybrids were surprisingly common in the ...

Scientists uncovered two new prehistoric shark species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave. Preserved for 325 million years, these fossils offer a rare ...

It was on one of the last days of the 2024 field season that a group of researchers got a hunch that they’d found something unusual at the bottom of ...