The extinct mastodon continues to have an impact on modern ecosystems in South America. Although this prehistoric ancestor of ...

Distributing seeds is among plants’ key challenges, and many have turned to animals for help. However, some get over-reliant ...

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters ... “No American animal can be compared with the elephant, the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus,” he sniffed in 1755.

The bone, one of the animal's vertebrae, is less than a foot tall and weighs a couple of pounds Discovery is fourth record of the American mastodon in Macomb County, Mich. Mom says find has piqued ...

Ten thousand years after mastodons disappeared, scientists have unearthed powerful fossil evidence proving these elephant cousins were vital seed spreaders for large-fruited trees in South America.

Buried beneath a peat bog, researchers discovered 14,500-year-old stone tools, pieces of preserved animal hides, and various edible and medicinal plants. “Monte Verde was a shock.

The Mastodon Skeleton at Cohoes. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... A Complete Skeleton of the North American Mastodon. Share full article. Nov. 13, 1866.

The American mastodon, or Mammut americanum, is a member of the same order as modern-day elephants. Flags mark the mastodon skull and tusk unearthed during the 12-day excavation. Image: University ...

Mastodons, which were distant cousins of mammoths and modern-day elephants, went extinct around 13,000 years ago. Fossils of the American mastodon have been found from Alaska to central Mexico.

Mammoths and Mastodons: All American Monsters ... “No American animal can be compared with the elephant, the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus,” he sniffed in 1755.