Frozen in Siberian permafrost, originally believed to be among the earliest domesticated dogs, the “Tumat Puppies” enthralled ...

In 2011 and 2015, researchers unearthed a pair of remarkably well-preserved “puppies”—with their skin, fur and stomach contents still intact—from the permafrost in northern Siberia. Nearby, they also ...

Woolly rhino fossils are abundant, but their mummies are exceedingly rare. To date, there have only been a handful of nearly complete woolly rhinos (although news of another has been recently ...

Miners accidentally uncovered a mummified wooly rhinoceros and a preserved horn at a dig site in Russia. Under special conditions, permafrost mummifies plant and animal remains through a process ...

Gold miners in Siberia recently unearthed a mummified woolly rhino carcass with its horn and soft tissues still intact. The miners in the Sakha Republic, came across the carcass while excavating ...

The woolly rhino mainly ate a diet of grass, plants, trees and mosses and lived alone or in small family groups. A new study about the fossils has been published in the journal Megataxa.

A piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain fossil chromosomes in a first-of-its-kind discovery, according to a new study. Researchers unearthed ...

Up until now, scientists weren't sure what role human beings played in the eventual demise of the woolly rhino. However, new research has shed light on the factors that likely led to the gigantic ...

Human hunters helped drive woolly rhinos to extinction around 12,000 years ago, suggests a new study. Surviving groups of the horned big beasts became trapped in unsuitable habitats - leading to ...