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'That's a huge amount of movement for a single mammoth': Woolly female's steps retraced based on chemistry of 14,000-year-old tusk
New analysis of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk has pieced together the life of a female mammoth that likely died at the hands of hunters close to Alaska's oldest archaeological site.
Huge, complete mammoth tusk accidentally discovered by North Dakota coal miners
A tusk scooped up my miners in North Dakota turned out to be one of the most complete skeletons of a mammoth ever discovered in the state.
Woolly mammoths were seasonal sex fiends just like elephants, study finds
An analysis of ancient mammoth tusks has revealed that they underwent musth just like modern elephants do.
Woolly mammoths weren't always shaggy. Here's when they evolved some of their trademark features.
Genetic testing of 23 woolly mammoths shows that they weren’t always so furry.
The CIA wants to bring woolly mammoths back from extinction
The CIA is the latest investor in Colossal Biosciences, a company that wants to bring woolly mammoths and Tasmanian tigers back from extinction using DNA editing.
30,000 year-old mummified baby mammoth found by Canadian gold miner
The baby was only one month old and grazing at the time of its death.
Woolly mammoths survived on mainland North America until 5,000 years ago, DNA reveals
Ancient DNA reveals that woolly mammoths coexisted with humans in North America for 5,000 years longer than previously believed.
200,000-year-old 'mammoth graveyard' found in UK
During the last ice age, five mammoths — a baby, two juveniles and two adults — died at a "graveyard" in what is now the United Kingdom.
