The trend for extinct or thought-to-be-lost creatures might be to revive them, but it’s undeniably cooler to actually prove ...

Wolfgang Van Halen is continuing his family’s legacy, but he’s intent on forging his own path. The son of legendary guitarist ...

The "Wooly Mammoth " has passed on. That's how family, friends and colleagues came to know Ray Garton — in part for his bearded, hirsute appearance, but mainly for the way he earned his paycheck. For ...

For centuries, extinction has meant the end—but what if it didn’t have to? Using advanced genetic engineering, a handful of ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

A tusk from a woolly mammoth, estimated to be 10,000 years old, has gone on display. The tusk originated from somewhere around the North Sea, according to Will Dorrell, co-owner of Hoo Zoo and ...

Michael Urie reveals a new — and perhaps unlikely — costar he clicked with on set. Urie, 45, plays main character Jimmy’s ...

Learn how radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis revealed that hippos were alive and thriving during Europe’s last ice ...

"I didn't really have any ideas or hopes, I just knew I needed to do something on my own." Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. "That was just a personal ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...

North America's mammoth species were breeding together within the past 40,000 years. Fossil teeth found in Canada show that Columbian and wooly mammoths regularly had calves together where the ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...