It is estimated that over 50% of the ivory sold into China is mammoth ivory. Most mammoth populations had died out by around 10,000 years ago although a small population of 500-1000 woolly ...

The population size was stable through time ... the challenges faced by species at the brink of extinction. The woolly mammoths’ story is not just a tale of survival but also one of vulnerability.

It is about the same size as the Siberian baby Lyuba found in 2007, which was some 42,000 years old, the Yukon government said in a press release. It is the best-preserved woolly mammoth ...