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Genetic analysis of the remnants of 14 woolly rhinos shows that a warming climate, not hunting, probably killed them off 14,000 years ago. The numbers of woolly rhinos remained constant until close to ...

For most people, an extinct species is an abstraction, a set of bones they might have seen on display in a museum. For Gennady Boeskorov, they are things he has interacted with directly, studying ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Courtesy of Boeskorov, Chernova, Protopopov et al. (2024) Scientists have discovered the ...

Around 20,000 years ago, a young woolly rhinoceros went about its day like usual in the icy region of what is now northern Siberia. Foraging for food, something likely went fatally wrong for the young ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age. Horn of the 19,700-year-old woolly rhinoceros found in ...

Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back. When you ...