In July 2016, a gold miner in the Klondike goldfields of the Canadian Yukon who was thawing frozen ground and mud to locate placer deposits came upon a much furrier, historically valuable discovery.

A 57,000-year-old wolf pup perfectly preserved in permafrost is finally unlocking its secrets after it was discovered nearly four years ago. The grey wolf, known as Zhùr by locals, was discovered in ...

Researchers are studying a 44,000-year-old mummified wolf found in the permafrost in Russia. The wolf may tell scientists what its lifestyle and diet were like during the Pleistocene era. Researchers ...

The remains of a very young wolf pup were found in Canada, and the animal is thought to be roughly 57,000 years old. The pup was frozen in a layer of permafrost and was uncovered by a miner who was ...