10,000 years ago, on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, a unique population of mammoths began to emerge. Scientists published their findings in the journal "Cell," speculating how these ...

Located in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea, Wrangel Island is a 7,600 km² enclave, equivalent in size to Crete. It is part of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous District ...

John Muir, the first visitor to describe Wrangel Island to the world, waxed rhapsodic when he saw this vista in 1881. “This grand wilderness in its untouched freshness,” Muir called it ...

Some have previously speculated that inbreeding snuffed out the Wrangel Island colony. But new research suggests otherwise. The Wrangel Island mammoths did have low genetic diversity—and ...

TASS, August 22. The Eastern Military District’s ecology unit began cleaning the Wrangel Island from scrap metal, the military district’s press service reported on Monday. "The united ecology ...

TASS, May 15. Russian scientists will use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to watch polar bears on the Wrangel Island. UAVs will be bought during the current year, and scientists will begin using ...

Unique bedrock formations, a thick layer of loose sediment, and a concentrated water drainage system flowing down from the ...

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Most mammoth populations had died out by around 10,000 years ago although a small population of 500-1000 woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic until as recently as 1650 BC.

Unique bedrock formations, a thick layer of loose sediment, and a concentrated water drainage system flowing down from the ridgetop were three of the main ingredients that led to the ...

Enchanted by its rugged beauty, Sergey finds any excuse to return to Wrangel Island. With no supplies available, he has to bring everything by helicopter – this two month trip took a year to plan.