An amateur fossil hunter discovered the first Columbian mammoth tusk ever found in Mississippi. The 7-foot-long, fully intact ...

The giant tusk’s strong curvature suggested it belonged to a Columbian mammoth and not one from the more common mastodon – making the discovery the first of its kind for the area. These ...

WACO – Long before Texas became known for cowboys and cattle, primeval creatures including Columbian mammoths – massive ...

He had discovered one of the richest Ice Age fossil beds in the world, and the only known nursery herd of Columbian mammoths. These animals died in a single event—probably a flood 70,000 years ago. In ...

An international team, including the Museum’s Prof Adrian Lister, has sequenced DNA recovered from mammoth remains that are up to 1.2 million years old The analyses show that the Columbian mammoth ...

Scientists discover massive ancient whale that lived 40 million years ago Researchers have long been fascinated with two notable species that lived in North America: woolly mammoths and Columbian ...

At that time, grasses covered this area of New Mexico, and large mammals, such as Columbian mammoths and dire wolves, roamed. In a study published last fall, researchers identified 427 prints ...