A deer hunter's discovery of a mammoth tusk at a West Texas ranch has prompted several questions, such as "Can I own one?" and "Were mammoths common in the state?" Dr. Aaron Pan, the executive ...

Researchers carefuly wrapped the tusk in strips of plaster-covered burlap for protection. Devin Pettigrew / Center for Big Bend Studies A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West ...

A hunter on a former 272,000-acre West Texas cattle ranch stumbled upon a fossilized mammoth tusk. The ranch manager was skeptical of the claim at first, thinking it was a stump, but brought the ...

An 18-year-old from Mississippi recently discovered a Columbian Mammoth tooth fossil while working on his uncle's farm, providing new insight into the distribution of Columbian Mammoths in the Jackson ...

While hunting in West Texas, a deer hunter spotted a strange object in a creek bed. Suspecting it might be a fossil, he took a photo and showed it to a ranch manager. “I was skeptical,” O2 Ranch ...

Tusk found 185 miles off the California coast in 2019 and fully recovered in July belonged to a Columbian mammoth, Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers confirmed. Darrin Schultz/MBARI Researchers dove 10 ...

Ghosts of the ancient past loom over the exhibit halls of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, casting their massive shadows across the concrete floor. Standing on hind legs, a roaring bear ...

The recent discovery of a mammoth tusk suggests the massive, 10-ton beasts that once roamed Central Texas might’ve made it farther west than we thought. Sul Ross University announced its researchers ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. -- Scientists have found evidence of ancient land dwellers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute say they discovered a ...

These days, sightings of wild animals in San Francisco — deer, coyotes, even a mountain lion — are big news. But for more than 100,000 years, San Francisco was truly a wild kingdom, one traversed by ...