Mammoths
Moa, mammoths and dodos: Bringing species back from the dead
The cutting edge of de-extinction science, and the men and women trying to bring animals back from the dead. Swedish science journalist Torill Kornfeldt has been exploring the how and the why, as well… Audio, Gallery
Beth Shapiro: mammoths, genetics and de-extinction
Kim Hill talks to molecular palaeontologist Professor Beth Shapiro, who is Director for Conservation at the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Research Associate of the Denver… Audio
Hairy elephants and transgenic aphids
University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell continue their discussion of the gene editing tool CRISPR and its use in genomics, conservation and de-extinction. Audio
Hairy elephants and transgenic aphids
University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell continue their discussion of the gene editing tool CRISPR and its use in genomics, conservation and de-extinction.
AudioFollowing the Mammoth
Archaeological research by Vladimir Pitulko from the History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences shows that marks on bones of a mammoth found in the Arctic in 2012 indicate human… Audio
Our Own Odysseys: The Siberia Experiment
There were adventures en route through Russia to the science station in north eastern Siberia, which was part of Jeremy Butler's Masters fieldwork. Audio, Gallery
Fossil hunter finds mammoth bones in Idaho
A mammoth's skull and tusks have been uncovered in Idaho, and experts say a rare entire skeleton might be buried there. Audio
A modern day mammoth hunter
Professor Adrian Lister of Britain's Natural History Museum is one of the world's foremost experts on mammoths. He worked on the first scientific study of mammoth DNA, but believes there are too many… Audio
