The BBC Earth site is reporting the discovery of a pair of mummified cave lion cubs which have emerged from thawing ice in Siberia.

Uyan and Dina have been reportedly named after the riverbank where they were discovered by a team seeking mammoth tusks.

The cubs are estimated to be at least 12,000 years old, although the cave lion is estimated to have moved from Africa to Europe around 700,000 years ago, before becoming extinct.

You can read the full story on the BBC Earth site.