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Tusk analysis reveals surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths – study

Analysis of woolly mammoth tusks reveals surging testosterone levels in males. Researchers say traces of sex hormones extracted from the animal’s tusk provide the first direct evidence adult males experienced musth. This is a testosterone-driven ...

03 May 2023 at 16:41

Woolly mammoths ‘evolved smaller ears and fluffier coats over 700,000 years’

Woolly mammoths evolved smaller ears and fluffier coats over the 700,000 years they roamed the Siberian steppes, according to a new study. Researchers compared the genomes of the giant creatures with modern day elephants to find out what made ...

07 Apr 2023 at 16:00

Life

Titles incorporating mental health lead shortlist for Children’s Book Prize

Titles incorporating themes of mental health lead the shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for 2023. The winner, which will be selected from a total of 18 books across three categories and voted for by Waterstones booksellers, ...

09 Feb 2023 at 06:00

Titles incorporating mental health lead shortlist for Children’s Book Prize

09 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Early humans used planted pikes to kill mammoths in the Ice Age – study

Early humans used planted pikes, not spears, to kill mammoths in the Ice Age, new research suggests. Archaeologists say the findings might reshape what we think life was like some 13,000 years ago. The researchers looked at how early ...

21 Aug 2024 at 19:00

‘Highly likely’ a long-lost species will be brought back from dead before 2028

There is a strong chance a long-lost species could brought back from the dead before 2028, the founder of the world’s first “de-extinction” firm has said. Scientists at Colossal Biosciences, a biotech start-up in Texas, are already ...

01 Oct 2024 at 19:02

World

Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ever found. Nicknamed Yana, the ...

24 Dec 2024 at 15:12

Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction – study

The last surviving woolly mammoths on Earth were inbred but not to the extent that it can explain their ultimate and mysterious extinction, a study suggests. Experts say the findings indicate the animals were not doomed to go ...

27 Jun 2024 at 16:35

Mammoth festive surprise for revellers in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter

There was a festive surprise for revellers in one of Belfast’s most picturesque streets on Wednesday evening. A life-size replica of the city’s most famous elephant Sheila took to the cobbles of Commercial Court to debut her ...

03 Dec 2025 at 19:48

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