The most complete bear ever recovered from Siberia’s frozen ground looks less like a fossil and more like a sleeping animal ...

A zookeeper feeds a 1,5-month-old Genet cub at the Royev Ruchey zoo in the suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters MOSCOW – A Siberian zoo that closed its doors to visitors for over two months due to ...

MOSCOW, Russia — A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north. Russian media reported Wednesday that ...

In remote and icy Siberia, bodies of long extinct ancient animals are often found preserved within the thick permafrost, from woolly mammoths to ancient horses. These carcasses have been so well ...

Trilobites, the primitive shelled creatures considered by many to be among the first animals to appear in the fossil record, may have originated in a place known today largely for its barren ...

A microscopic animal has come back to life and successfully reproduced after being frozen for 24,000 years, according to a study published by Russian scientists on Monday. Bdelloid rotifers, are known ...

Herds of horses, bison and reindeer could play a significant part in saving the world from an acceleration in global heating. That is the conclusion of a recent study showing how grazing herbivores ...

A new study sheds new light on one of the ancient world’s most iconic yet elusive artistic symbols: the “Scythian animal style.” Study authors reported in Antiquity that they discovered the earliest ...

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Scientists have discovered two exceptionally well-preserved cave lion cubs in the Siberian permafrost. Despite being tens of thousands of years old, the cubs are among the most complete Ice Age ...

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The zoo might be closed, but the animals apparently aren’t just sitting around. A Siberian zoo is ...