Mammoths

Million-year-old microbes found in mammoths reveal new purpose for DNA

Studies reveal hidden DNA switches in humans and million-year-old mammoth microbes, reshaping medicine, evolution, and conservation.

Elephant stem cells created in a lab trumpet the return of the woolly mammoth Joshua Shavit

9-year-old boy finds a piece of ancient history buried in his grandmother’s backyard Joseph Shavit

9-year-old boy finds ancient treasure buried in his grandmother’s backyard Joseph Shavit

Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study Joseph Shavit