This discovery is a major step in potentially bringing back the extinct species.

Researchers analyzed ancient RNA from the extinct creatures. Could this be a “steppingstone” in the quest to bring them back?

Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a wooly mammoth that inhabited Siberia about 39,000 years ago, showing it can last longer than ...

A single molar from a steppe mammoth that died about 1.1 million years ago in northeastern Siberia has preserved tiny fragments of bacterial DNA. The tooth, found near the Adycha River in Russia, lets ...

Yuka on display in frozen conditions at the Yakutsk State Museum in Moscow. Credit: Valeri Plotnikov. In 2010, researchers in northeastern Siberia stumbled upon a genetic goldmine: the remarkably well ...

If you’ve ever taken the time to look at a globe, you may have deduced that Russia is the largest country on our planet. Stretching across an enormous 6,601,665 square miles, the country’s size has ...

Mounted Mammuthus primigenius skeleton on display at the Field Museum of Natural History. Credit: Jonathan Chen – CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Researchers say they have recovered RNA from the ...

A remnant population of woolly mammoths on a remote Alaska island was likely pushed to extinction by rising sea levels and a lack of access to fresh water, according to a newly published study.

Scientists successfully extracted and sequenced the oldest-known RNA from a 39,000-year-old woolly mammoth named Yuka. This breakthrough offers a new understanding of prehistoric biology. The study ...

One of Yuka's legs, illustrating the exceptional preservation of the lower part of the leg after the skin had been removed, which enabled recovery of ancient RNA molecules. Credit: Valeri Plotnikov.

(CNN) — Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is now Siberia. These biological remnants are providing insight into ...