"They saw that the mammoth had almost completely thawed out" and decided to build a make-shift stretcher to lift the mammoth to the surface, said Maxim Cherpasov. "As a rule, the part that thaws ...

“The locals happened to be at Batagaika … and noticed that the mammoth calf had partially thawed from the wall, about [130 feet] below the surface,” Maxim Cherpasov, head of the Lazarev ...

“The locals happened to be at Batagaika at the right time and noticed that the mammoth calf had partially thawed from the wall, about [130 feet] below the surface,” Cheprasov told the Russian ...

All around the world, scientists are working to recreate lost animal species such as the mammoth. Using modern genetic techniques, they’re extracting ancient genetic material from museum exhibits.

He said they saw the mammoth had almost completely thawed out and decided to build a make-shift stretcher to bring the remains out of the crater up to the surface. Mr Cherpasov added: "As a rule ...