Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, ...

A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.

Up to 700,000 years ago, ground squirrels in modern-day Canada collected tons of helpful genetic information on their bygone ...

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the ...

Ancient poop revealed the surprisingly carnivorous nature of an Arctic survivor. Bits of this poop, belonging to Arctic ...

In a new study, fossilized droppings suggested that ancient ground squirrels ate the meat of much larger animals, including ...

DNA preserved in 700,000-year-old squirrel droppings uncovered mammoths and other species, providing a detailed view of an ...

A woolly mammoth lay for thousands of years in wet ground near the Danube, its ribs, foot bones, and a nearly 2. 5-meter tusk ...

Once scientists inspected the bones more thoroughly, they realized what they actually were.

Roughly 52,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth died in the Siberian tundra. As her body flash froze in the biting cold, something remarkable happened: Her DNA turned into a fossil. It wasn’t only genetic ...

Dallas-based Colossal says it is one step closer to bringing back the woolly mammoth. Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that it had created the Colossal woolly mouse, genetically engineered mice ...

A Texas company working to bring back the woolly mammoth has made an adorable breakthrough: the woolly mouse. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that it has engineered mice with ...