Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants
Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.
Brain of young female Yuka, preserved in permafrost for 39,000 years, is 'identical' to today's elephants, say scientists.
Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.
A deal was signed giving South Korean scientists exclusive rights on cloning the woolly mammoth from tissue samples found recently in the Siberian permafrost.
The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.
South Korean specialist hails opening of new World Mammoth Centre in Siberia, dedicated to bringing beast back to life.
A Siberian baby mammoth, born thousands of years ago has caused a sensation in the West after being the ‘star’ of BBC and Discovery Channel TV project.
Research in some of Russia's remotest regions on 43,000 year old bones may have a very modern application in saving lives of coronary patients.
Scientists get inside a woolly mammoth's head to understand behaviour of the extinct species.