Divers Find Giant, 10,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bone in Florida River

Medicine & Technology May 04, 2021

A pair of divers swimming along Florida's Peace River made an unexpected find: a four-foot, 50-pound leg bone from a giant Columbian mammoth that lived 10,000 years ago.

Did Scientists Just Discover The Oldest DNA Ever From a Million-Year-Old Mammoth?

Feb 17, 2021

Have you ever wondered how and why the genus breaks up into new organisms? Perhaps the answer lies in the oldest DNA ever sequenced.

A True King of the Dinosaurs is Finally Pieced Together

Mar 24, 2019

Oldest and largest t-rex assembled in Canada

Mammoth Suffered Osteoporosis, Other Human-like Bone Diseases

Apr 28, 2017

The bone diseases such as osteoporosis are not innate to humans after all. A study suggests that mammoth acquired them due to lack of minel\rals in their diet.

Wet Season Subdued the Giant Sloths, Mammoths & Other Megafauna to Extinction

Apr 21, 2017

Apart from previous theory on how the megafauna such as the giant sloths and mammoths became extinct, a new study blames the wetter season for the loss of vegetation and food.

Why Mammoths Go Extinct: Aside from Ice Age, Prehistoric Humans Have Share of Blame

Apr 12, 2017

Mammoths lived isolated in Siberia until 3,000 years ago while those from other regions vanished earlier due to hunting activities by prehistoric humans.

An Asteroid Impact Resulted to Extinction of Ice Age Animals & Clovis People; Much Like the Fate of Dinosaurs

Mar 13, 2017

Massive beasts like mammoth, mastodon and saber-toothed tiger suddenly vanished around 10,000 BC together with Clovis people at the end of the last ice age - nobody knows why.

Woolly Mammoth Could Get Back From 4000 Years Of Extinction: But, Is It Necessary ?

Feb 17, 2017

Woolly Mammoth that became extinct 4,000 years ago, now have the chances to get back into the life. Harvard University Scientists announced that within two years they will be able to create a functioning embryo of the mammoth.

Mammoth Fossil Trapped In Reservoir—Archaeologists Try to Unearth Rare Skeleton

Oct 28, 2014

Researchers from Idaho State University pray that a new discovery uncovered near American Falls Reservoir in their home state of Idaho may only be part of a whole, yet to be seen. Earlier this month, in the course of surveying an excavation site while working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the university alongside avid fossil hunters uncovered a portion of a Columbian era mammoth skull complete with tusks. And the team believes the entire rare skeleton may also be buried in the reservoir.

Mammoth Fossil Trapped In Reservoir—Archaeologists Try to Unearth Rare Skeleton

Oct 28, 2014

Researchers from Idaho State University pray that a new discovery uncovered near American Falls Reservoir in their home state of Idaho may only be part of a whole, yet to be seen. Earlier this month, in the course of surveying an excavation site while working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the university alongside avid fossil hunters uncovered a portion of a Columbian era mammoth skull complete with tusks. And the team believes the entire rare skeleton may also be buried in the reservoir.