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Environmental DNA and climate change data suggest that vegetation scarcity led to the mass extinction of herbivore species, including Arctic mammoths.

The documentary weaves together a hunt for mammoth tusks in the Arctic with scenes from the front lines of synthetic biology.

During the last ice age, there wasn’t much plant matter to eat on northern steppes, but herbivorous woolly mammoths were abundant. How did they survive?

Gene flow between elephant species was a common feature of their evolutionary history.

The last living mammoths likely had sparse coats, digestive issues, and trouble attracting mates, researchers report.

Harvard geneticist George Church says that he will likely be able to create a hybrid wooly mammoth-elephant embryo in the near future.

The massive mammals that roamed Earth some 30,000 years ago may have gone extinct as a result of global warming, according to an ancient-DNA study.

How to Clone a Mammoth, The Upright Thinkers, The Thirteenth Step, and Humankind

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

New research suggests that the wooly beasts may have succumbed to a shrinking gene pool or intense environmental pressures as their species went extinct.

Some question the supposition that viable cells and DNA will be found in a remarkably preserved carcass, purported to harbor fresh muscle tissue and flowing blood.

Researchers analyze a diminutive forelimb bone, calling it conclusive evidence that a tiny mammoth resided on the Greek island.

Eschewing potentially degraded DNA as a source, researchers look instead at the proteome of ancient species.

Researchers at Japanese and Russian institutions believe cloning a woolly mammoth is within reach.

A 35,000-year old woolly mammoth blood protein may aid in contemporary medical procedures.