What extinct animals have been found intact in ice?

Such finds can help scientists answer key questions about extinct species, the conditions in which they lived and their relationships to other species including ... Woolly rhino remains have been discovered as far west as the British Isles and as far east as the Chukotka Peninsula, the eastern tip of Siberia. read more

The remote and icy north of the Yakutia Republic in Siberia has become well-known for the discovery of remains of Ice Age mammals within its thick permafrost deposits. In some cases, entire buried carcasses that have been shrunken and desiccated down to a natural mummified state have been dug up. read more

Though researchers have found multiple specimens of well-preserved woolly mammoths in the past, Yuka is by far the more strikingly well-preserved to date. The remains of this 1.8-meter (6 ft) baby woolly mammoth were accidentally discovered in August 2010 in Yakutia, a remote region of Siberia. read more