A BABY mammoth has gone under the knife – after being preserved in Siberian permafrost for 130,000 years. Russian scientists carried out a necropsy on the long-dead mammoth calf, nicknamed Yana.

Yana had been encased in Siberian permafrost – long-frozen earth – that had recently thawed. This exposed the creature's body, but it was kept in place at the rear. Scientists used scissors ...

After being removed from Siberian permafrost, the worms were gradually thawed in a lab until they started moving around and consuming food. The scientists say their findings could have ...