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A life-sized Ice Age icon is bringing history to life in Monticello. Meet Priscilla the Mastodon, the star of a hands-on summer series at the Jefferson County Public Library.
A New York couple stumble upon an ancient mastodon fossil beneath their lawn.
Prehistoric fossils dating back to the Ice Age discovered in South Louisiana. What prehistoric animals used to roam Louisiana?
New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...
Learn more about how mastodons in South America once helped with seed dispersal.
Distributing seeds is among plants’ key challenges, and many have turned to animals for help. However, some get over-reliant ...
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.
Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: ...
A study with the involvement of the UAB, IPHES-CERCA and URV, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, provides for the first ...
Trump criticizes anti-ICE protesters in L.A. for carrying foreign flags and burning the American flag, suggesting jail time during comments from Fort Bragg commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary.
John Foster is making big moves following his second place finish on American Idol.The rising country star marked a huge milestone in his career by performing at Nashville’s most iconic venue on ...