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The Evolution Underground

Posted on March 29, 2017 by twilightbeasts

My daughter froze. She had just been hopping across the coarse, sun-baked sand bank to paddle and splash in the cold, clear River Teign. Giggling, she skipped back across the gravely sand, where she would turn and repeat the process, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Ground Sloth | Tagged Anthony Martin, Burrow, Ediacaran, Ediacaran Biota, Emory University, Gopher Tortoise, Ichnology, Mining Bee, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Palaeoburrow, The Evolution Underground, Trace fossil, Trish Weaver | 2 Comments

No Bullwinkle

Posted on March 15, 2017 by twilightbeasts

On Twilight Beasts you will hopefully have seen some of the amazing mummified animals of the Pleistocene. Some of these mummies may even be like old familiar friends to you: the woolly mammoths Lyuba, Buttercup, Khroma, Dima, Yuka, and Mascha, … Continue reading →

Posted in Extinction, Irish Elk, moose, Uncategorized | Tagged Alces alces, Beringia, Buttercup, Cervalces, Cervalces latifrons, Cervalces scotti, Clovis culture, Extinction, Irish Elk, Lyuba, Mammoth, Megaloceros giganteus, moose, mummies, Pleistocene | 2 Comments

Battle of the Birds

Posted on March 8, 2017 by twilightbeasts

I grew up in an area on the shoulder of a forested mountain, beside a series of lakes which are speckled with modern crannogs, replacements of ancient originals which are long gone. The shores and islets are rich in birdlife, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ibis | Tagged Arawak people, Ibis, Jamaca, Long Mile Cave, National Museum of Ireland, Nile, Solitaire bird, Thoth, White Ibis, Xenicibis xympithicus, Xenothrix mcgregori | 3 Comments

Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys

Posted on February 23, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Walking back along the sandy path I could feel the refreshing cool air on my bare shoulders. The sun was starting to make its way down the horizon, turning the sky to fire. Rustling in the branches in the overhanging … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Ground Sloth, Gompothere, Ground Sloth, Macrauchenia, Pudu, Thalassocnus | 2 Comments

Open your eyes and see beauty

Posted on January 10, 2017 by twilightbeasts

“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.” Anthony Doerr, 2015. She is beautiful: She is quite possibly the most beautiful thing in the room. I have travelled to America to see her, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Dwarf pronghorn | Tagged Antilocapridae, Bison, Camelops, Capromeryx minor, Columbian ma, Dire Wolves, Dwarf pronghorn, Giraffe, Glossotherium harlani, La Brea, Mammuthus columbi, Mastodon, Pronghorn Antelope, Pudu, Rancho la Brea, Sabretooth cat | 4 Comments

The most (and least) read blog posts of 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by twilightbeasts

A huge thank you to all our readers for another wonderful year of Twilight Beasts! For some reason we didn’t receive our annual ‘summary of’ breakdown, so we shall pull it together for you! Thank you for all your continued … Continue reading →

Posted in Brown Bear, Celebrate!, Giant Ground Sloth, Giant Maltese Dormice, Homo sapiens, Hyena, Kauri tree, moa, Pudu, Reindeer | Tagged American Hyena, Brown Bear, Giant Ground Sloth, Giant Japanese Duck, Giant Maltese Dormouse, Homo sa, Kauri tree, moa, Pudu, reindeer | 1 Comment

The Lost Sheep

Posted on December 22, 2016 by twilightbeasts

I don’t know about you, but I love the spirit of farmers during lambing season. Coming from a farming background, I know the farmers’ mingled emotions of dread and hope and joy as the wee lambs are born often in … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Sheep | Tagged cave art, Epivillefranchian period, Giant Sheep, Homo sapiens, Megalovis latifrons, Neolithic, Pliocene | 2 Comments

Stuck in time

Posted on December 2, 2016 by twilightbeasts

It is mid-November, and beads of sweat form on my forehead. Coalescence is inevitable. And it happens quickly; small beads merged into one humongous droplet, and it begins to meander its way down my nose, and there it dangles, stubbornly … Continue reading →

Posted in American Lion, Camelops, Horse, Mastodon, Sabre tooth Cat | Tagged Aisling Farrell, American lion, camel, Camelops, Columbian Mammoth, Crenshaw Boulevard, Dire Wolf, George C Page, Homotherium serum, La Brea, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, Major Henry Hancock, Mastodon, Monster Bird, Page Museum, Panthera leo atrox, Rancho la Brea, Short-faced Bear, Smilodon, Smilodon fatalis, Tar Pits, Teratornis merriami, William Denton, Wilshire Boulevard | 6 Comments

Giant Sloths & Sabertooth Cats

Posted on November 25, 2016 by twilightbeasts

Giant Sloths and Sabertooth Cats: Extinct Mammals and the Archaeology of the Ice Age Great Basin By Donald K Grayson If there is one thing I enjoy doing in my downtime, it’s reading about Pleistocene megafauna. As well as … Continue reading →

Posted in American Lion, Antilocapra americana peninsularis, Bison, Brown Bear, Camelops, Cave Lion, Cheetah, Clovis hunters, Columbian Mammoth, Extinction, Giant Beaver, Giant Ground Sloth, Glyptodon, Gompothere, Ground Sloth, Horse, Mastodon, Peccary, Pronghorn, Sabre tooth Cat, Short Faced Bear, Teratorns, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged book, Grayson, megafauna, Overkill, Pleistocene | 2 Comments

Squishy Bear Face

Posted on October 12, 2016 by twilightbeasts

“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory … Continue reading →

Posted in Zygomaturus | Tagged Australia, Diprotodon, Marsupial, Marsupial Lion, megafauna, Pleistocene | 6 Comments

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	The most (and least)… on A very brief introduction to…
	The most (and least)… on The Nipple Tooth
	The most (and least)… on The burrowers
	The most (and least)… on The Stuff Of Night-Mares
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