Over thousands of years, the giant beasts came to die in the same place - but the older ones were twice the size of the final mammoth generations.

Almost 1,300 bones of 13 species of mammals unearthed at new site on Gydan peninsula aged between 10,000 and 50,000 years old.

In this exclusive report, Yakutian photographer Nariyana Romanova takes us on a magical journey through her kingdom of ice.

Unique archeological and paleontological sites face destruction from gangs seeking to raid and sell prehistoric remains.

Permafrost preserved the ‘oldest blood in the world’ boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

'Sensational' find of two cubs, the best preserved ever seen in the world, announced today.

The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.

Full flowering plants have been created from Siberian fruit seeds stored in permafrost by squirrels thousands of years ago.