Mammoth

Bringing back the woolly mammoth and other extinct creatures may be impossible | Science

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An extinct rat that once lived on an island in the Indian Ocean may have put the kibosh on scientists’ dreams of resurrecting more famous extinct animals like the woolly mammoth. The Christmas Island rat disappeared just over 100 years ago, but researchers now say even its detailed genome isn’t complete enough to bring it … Read more

Mammoth Tusk Reveals Ancient Mammal’s Travels

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Chemical analyses showed an individual mammoth made an epic journey across Alaska Credit: Beth Zaiken Advertisement Mammoths are among the best-known inhabitants of the last ice age. Fossils usually offer a static snapshot of an animal’s life, but researchers recently used one to track every place a male mammoth traveled from birth to death. By … Read more