If Woolly Mammoths had survived into the present then they would be tied for the largest land animal on earth with the African Elephant which is roughly the same weight and height on average. (Wiki) And there would be three proboscidean genera on earth instead of just two. read more
If Woolly Mammoths had survived into the present then they would be tied for the largest land animal on earth with the African Elephant which is roughly the same weight and height on average. read more
Scientists from Brown University, in Rhode Island, USA, believe that they have found evidence of an asteroid hitting the Earth, which led to the extinction of large mammals, including the woolly mammoth in North America, as a result of massive climate change. read more
A leading candidate for de-extinction is the woolly mammoth. Russian scientist Semyon Grigoriev, of the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum, plans to replace the nuclei of an elephant egg with nuclei extracted from woolly mammoth bone marrow. The elephant would theoretically become a surrogate mother to a baby mammoth. read more