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 ...

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 ...

Draped in blankets, the three-month old rhino called Isibindi was nursed day and night in a hope that she would overcome the odds after becoming another victim of southern Africa’s devastating drought ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. For the first time ever, the mitochondrial genome of a European woolly ...

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 ...

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, ...

A baby rhino in South Africa was attacked by hyenas after it laid down next to its dead mom's body. The mom had been killed by poachers, the Care for Wild sanctuary—which rehabilitates rhino ...

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 ...

Hercules recovering with a blanket thanks to knitting grannies. (Hazelgrove Court Care Home via SWNS) By Adam Dutton A baby rhino left fighting for its life following a hyena attack in South Africa is ...

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 ...