Imagine a gash in the Earth so large you could fit several football stadiums inside it. That's the Batagaika crater for you. This massive thermokarst depression – a fancy term for a giant ...

These scientists made a mammoth discovery — literally. Remains of a baby mammoth that has been almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia.

Researchers in Russia on Monday unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old female baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region of Siberia. The remains of the ...

A crater in Siberia is expanding faster than anticipated due to climate change, scientists have discovered, saying it now poses problems for the surrounding habitat. The Batagaika slump, known as the ...

Researchers in Siberia are trying to learn more about a baby mammoth whose nearly intact remains were found in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years. According to Reuters, the animal was ...

An intact baby mammoth has been unearthed in the far reaches of Siberia, its remains frozen in time for an estimated 50,000 years. Named Yana, the calf is being called the best-preserved mammoth body ...

A team of scientists has unveiled a baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting permafrost of eastern Siberia. The m ammoth was a “unique research find,” with ...

Ms. Pinkham is a professor at Cornell. Her forthcoming book is a cultural history of the Russian forest. As the world warms, permafrost is thawing across two-thirds of Russia, threatening cities and ...

Russian scientists presented the carcass of a baby mammoth, whose incredibly well-preserved remains were found in the Siberian region of Yakutia in June after more than 50,000 years. The carcass of ...

In a remote area of the Siberian tundra, dotted with low trees and shrubs, there’s a place that locals call ‘The Gateway to Hell.’ During the summertime, the sound of water pouring over the cliff ...