With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

Archaeologists Unearth 12,000-Yr-Old Burial of a Woman, Believed to Have Been Shaman With a Spiritual Connection to Wild Animals A 12,000-year-old burial site discovered along the Tigris River in ...

physically and behaviourally more like the original wild cattle, the aurochs”. “They are bigger,” said Micklewright, “than most cattle and they also lead a more natural life than most ...

Using genomic data from ancient and modern samples, this important study investigates the genomic history of cattle in Iberia, focusing on the admixture between domestic cattle and their wild ...

Scientists are pioneering and refining three techniques in their attempts to revive lost and rare species: cloning, genetic ...

They aimed to (1) characterize genomic variation of skeletal remains and concordance (or discordance) with morphological features; (2) test for hybridization between wild aurochs and domestic cattle; ...

Netherlands-based Grazelands Rewilding breeds a modern-day equivalent of the aurochs, an ox that features in prehistoric cave paintings. The giant animal disappeared from the wild in the 17th century.

A now-submerged land bridge likely provided the means for species like European wild ass, red deer, and aurochs to traverse the region. The replacement of endemic fauna, such as the dwarf elephant ...