Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from an unusual place: the stomach ...

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.

Scientists have made a world-first discovery after extracting woolly rhinoceros DNA from the stomach of a wolf dating back to ...

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

The sadly now extinct rhino lived on the steppes and tundra of Europe and Asia, living alongside people for thousands of ...

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost ...

Swedish scientists retrieved RNA from an extinct Tasmanian tiger to help trace the genes that were active in the animal’s tissues during life.

The findings, published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, show that woolly rhinos remained "genetically healthy" ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully decoded the DNA of the giant moa, a bird that roamed New Zealand before its extinction hundreds of years ago. This discovery, ...

The last meal eaten by a wolf cub before its demise, some 14,400 years ago, has yielded new insight into how the woolly ...

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed ...