The three-week-old rhino, named Hercules, was savaged by a pack of hyenas in Mpumalanga and suffered fractures, crush injuries, and several infected wounds. But after being transported to a specialist ...

Scientists reconstructed the mitochondrial genome of a European Woolly Rhinoceros for the first time. Extracting DNA from fossilized hyena feces was critical to the process. Using the DNA, the team ...

A baby rhino left fighting for its life following a hyena attack in South Africa is now recovering thanks to a blanket made by a group of knitting grannies. The three-week-old rhino, named Hercules, ...

Fossilized feces from the Pleistocene epoch have divulged the mitochondrial DNA of a woolly rhinoceros, whose genome had never previously been assembled. The ancient poop was not excreted by an ...

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The bones were found during a construction project. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The bones of a woolly mammoth, woolly ...

Siberian locals have discovered an incredible prehistoric time capsule in what paleontologists believe is the largest ancient hyena lair ever found in Asia. The cave contained a whole menagerie of ...

A baby rhino left fighting for its life following a hyena attack in South Africa is now recovering thanks to a blanket made by a group of knitting grannies. Get any of our free email newsletters — ...

When John Hammond cooked up the idea for Jurassic Park, he needed the skills of the world’s brightest geneticists and a little help from the fossil record. The earliest additions to the fledgling park ...