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The Largest Discovery of New Mammals in 90 Years Has Just Been Revealed

The Ice Age creature was discovered in the thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region in Russia’s extreme north in August. It is thought to be the best-preserved woolly rhino found there yet.

Outrage was sparked in Iran after the government proposed a law in November that would ban pets in the country.

The law, named Protection of the Public’s Rights Against Animals, was proposed by 75 hardliner legislators and introduced in November, described people living with animals as a “destructive social problem,” and bans “importing, raising, assisting in the breeding of, breeding, buying or selling, transporting, driving or walking, and keeping in the home wild, exotic, harmful and dangerous animals,” according to AFP. However, the definition of “harmful and dangerous animals” does not strictly cover animals typically deemed as such.

A blood sample believed to be the oldest in the world has been found in an ancient mummified foal, boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

How Do You Tell a Neanderthal From a Denisovan?

Butterfly study in Vizag shows Eastern Ghats yet to be discovered

Ancient giant orangutans evolved smaller bodies surprisingly slowly.

‘I thought I was going to die’: otters attack British man in Singapore park

Oldest Remains of Mysterious, Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed in Siberian Cave

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A 68-year-old man bitten by a crocodile he mistook as an animal statue in a resort in this city is now out of danger.