It is estimated that over 50% of the ivory sold into China is mammoth ivory. Most mammoth populations had died out by around 10,000 years ago although a small population of 500-1000 woolly ...

The carcass was brought to the surface on an improvised stretcher, said Maxim Cherpasov, head of the Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory. open image in gallery The baby mammoth is one of the best ...

The traps were around two metres deep and 25 metres wide At least 14 woolly mammoth skeletons have been uncovered in Mexico in traps built by humans about 15,000 years ago. The two pits in ...

An ancient skeleton of a woolly mammoth has sold for €548,000 (£483,000; $640,000) at auction in the French city of Lyon. The skeleton, which exceeded its estimated value, is thought to be the ...