The find gave the researchers a vast trove of biological data. Researchers investigate mummified creatures discovered deep in ...

Researchers thought that just one subspecies of cheetah lived in Saudi Arabia long ago. But an unexpected discovery seems to ...

In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a complete mummified wolf was pulled from the permafrost in Siberia, after being locked away for more than 44,000 years. Scientists have now completed a necropsy (an ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Every time Katherine publishes a story, you’ll get an alert ...

Scientists are rejoicing over the recent discovery of the first mummified saber-tooth cub in the history of paleontology. A team of paleontologists discovered a frozen mummy cub in northeast Russia in ...

Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History has given researchers the opportunity to learn more about the ancient individuals inside mummies, without needing to disturb their delicate wrapping. A mobile ...

Scientists have discovered mummified skin that is older than the dinosaurs. The skin, which they say likely belonged to a reptile, is estimated to come from the Paleozoic era, between 541 million to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The mummified head from Bolivia has been in a Swiss museum collection since 1914. | Credit: Abegg ...

Decades before Darwin, there was a debate over transformism, the idea that species change over time. Two colleagues at the French natural history museum were on opposite sides of issue. They hoped to ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright macabre. Among these is "mumia"—a medicinal substance derived from mummified ...