The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths: Secrets of Survival and the Mysterious Disappearance of Wrangel Island

The woolly mammoths of Wrangel Island, descended from a very small original population, persisted for 6,000 years despite genetic obstacles. Their sudden disappearance remains a mystery, providing lessons for modern…

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“Living Rocks” off Saudi Arabia’s Shaybara Island provide insight into how life on Earth began

LONDON: It was something of an accidental discovery, admits Volker Warenkamp with a smile. "Sometimes these things need a little luck." Wahrenkamp, ​​a professor of geology at the King Abdullah…

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