Thanks to new analysis of 21 separate mammoth genomes, however, at least one theory is likely debunked for good: low genetic diversity. According to a study published on June 27 in Cell ...

This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tusk and Sunset A mammoth’s tusk spikes the Siberian sky on Bolshoy Lyakhovskiy Island. Tusks that are discovered with ...

A prehistoric creature has just provided a stunning breakthrough, as a new research paper reveals that scientists mapped the three-dimensional architecture of a woolly mammoth's genome using ...

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system on Earth, featuring the richest known habitat for cave wildlife in the world. It may be difficult to think of caves as spacious and grand, ...

The itching usually strikes when he’s on the verge of finding what he’s looking for: the ivory tusks of a mammoth. The shaggy giants that roamed northern Siberia during the late Pleistocene ...

In a paleontological first, scientists are potentially closer to understanding the genetics of these prehistoric animals through another long-lost relative, the woolly mammoth. A group of ...

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It is the best-preserved woolly mammoth discovered in North America, experts say A whole baby woolly mammoth has been found frozen in the permafrost of north-western Canada - the first such ...

Board-certified, possibly. This much is certain: Her name is Julia Masli, and the show she’s brought to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company after it became a buzzy, sold-out hit at last summer’s ...

In recent years, they have gathered entire mammoth genomes. On Thursday, they published a reconstruction of the genetic history of these enigmatic animals. The scientists concluded that the island ...

A 90-year old retired veteran desperately takes on a delivery job to save his failing business. What he thought was a simple job, turned out to be a drug run for a Mexican cartel. After becoming ...

They studied 21 mammoth genomes—13 of which were newly sequenced by lead author Marianne Dehasque; others had been sequenced years prior by co-authors Patrícia Pečnerová, Foteini Kanellidou ...