A miner digging for gold instead dug up the remains of a baby woolly mammoth. The discovery gives scientists the chance to ...

Discover the fascinating story of the woolly mammoth, an Ice Age giant. Learn about its features, habitat, extinction, and ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered two 14,000-year-old mummified “puppies” with their fur still intact and food still in their ...

The “Tumat Puppies” also had traces of their last meal still in their stomachs, which included meat from a woolly rhinoceros and feathers from a small bird called a wagtail.

Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical ...

Mummified remains of two 14,000-year-old puppies, with their fur and stomach contents intact, may be wolf cubs, according to ...

A pair of 14,000-year-old "puppies" found melting out of the permafrost in Siberia have undergone genetic testing, proving ...

From the astonishing cave lion cub named Sparta to the remarkable mummified woolly mammoth Yuka, you'll be amazed by the well-preserved remains of these long-extinct creatures.

New research challenges previous theories suggesting the two young canines were domesticated dogs and reveals their ...

Related: Frozen in time: 10 prehistoric animals found trapped in ice Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.

Researchers studied chemicals found in the animals’ bones, teeth and tissues, as well as genetic material from their stomach ...