High on the Tibetan Plateau, paleontologists have uncovered the skull of a previously unknown species of ancient rhino, a woolly furred animal that came equipped with a built-in snow shovel on its ...

Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilised tooth from more than 20 million years ago. The recovered protein sequences allowed ...

Scientists have recovered ancient proteins from a fossilized rhinoceros tooth, breaking new ground in the study of ancient life on Earth. The 24 million-year-old tooth, which was unearthed in the ...

Rhinos’ evolutionary relationships became a little clearer with the sequencing of the oldest proteins yet. Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced.

Rhinoceroses living across Canada may sound strange, but 23 million years ago, it was a reality. Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) have recently discovered the remains of a now ...

The skull of the 1.77-million-year-old Stephanorhinus rhino. Mirian Kiladze, Georgian National Museum DNA sequencing has revolutionized the way researchers study evolution and animal taxonomy. But DNA ...

The body of an extinct woolly rhinoceros was recently discovered chilling in the permafrost of Siberia. The New York Post reports how the specimen was discovered on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh river ...

A PUPPY preserved in permafrost since the last ice age feasted on one of Earth’s last woolly rhinos before it met its early demise. This is according to experts who examined the mummified pup and ...

Alexei Savvin stumbled upon an unprecedented find walking near the Tirekhtyakh River in Yakutia, Siberia last August: an almost perfectly-preserved woolly rhino carcass. Most of the rhino's hooves, ...

A view of the Turkwel River, where dental fossils containing ancient peptides were found. Scientists have recovered ancient proteins from a fossilised rhinoceros tooth, which is a crucial step in the ...

Artist's recreation of Epiatheracerium itjilik in its forested lake habitat, Devon Island, Early Miocene, 23 million years ago. The plants and animals shown, including a rodent, rabbit and the ...