Customs seized 5.8 kilograms of extinct woolly mammoth remains from the Russian citizen.
The discovery of an ice-preserved female mammoth comes amid a debate on whether scientists should try to recreate the species using DNA.
After this year's discovery of uncongealed mammoth blood, experts are confident of new discoveries.
Site identified in Krasnoyarsk region where man 'trapped and killed' mammoths, suspect paleontologists.
Intriguing evidence from well-preserved calf Yuka of ‘cobra hood-shaped bulge’ on trunk that is absent in modern elephants
Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.
Auction house Sotheby's in Paris is offering a complete mammoth skeleton, and it is expected to sell for up to 250,000 euro.
Sculptor Dashi Namdakov pays homage to extinct woolly giant in innovative design aimed at becoming Buryatia's 'brand'.
A deal was signed giving South Korean scientists exclusive rights on cloning the woolly mammoth from tissue samples found recently in the Siberian permafrost.