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Fossil hunters unearth 400,000-year-old mammoth tusk in UK quarry

During a routine visit to a quarry in Cambridgeshire, two palaeontologists made a spectacular discovery: an intact tusk from a Steppe mammoth.

17/07/2023

Food and Drink

Tonight's Special: Meatball from extinct mammoth

The 4,000 years-old meat could be part of the future of food culture, says the Australian startup behind the project.

29/03/2023

Nature

Resurrected mammoths could be roaming the Arctic by 2030

Scientists are breeding ‘mammoth elephant’ hybrids which could help to stop permafrost thawing in the Arctic.

02/02/2022

Nature

'Stunning' Ice Age lion cub is 28,000 years old, scientists say

The baby Eurasion cave lion found totally preserved in the permafrost, dubbed Sparta, was found 15 metres away from another cub aged at 43,000.

06/08/2021