Category Archives: Columbian Mammoth

The End of the Ice Age

Posted on June 29, 2018 by twilightbeasts

The end of the Ice Age. Around 10,000 years ago. This was not only the end of the last major glacial period where great glaciers spread across the northern hemisphere, this was also the end of so many incredible animals. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bison, Columbian Mammoth, Sabre tooth Cat | Tagged Columbian Mammoth, Mammuthus columbi, Sabre tooth cat, Smilodon fatalis | 2 Comments

Discovering the mammoth: A tale of giants, unicorns, ivory, and the birth of a new science

Posted on August 2, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Mammoth. With one word, we can all conjure up a mental picture of a woolly elephant, tusks curving out and in, possibly in a herd, in a habitat cold and snowy with biting wind and unforgiving snow. Isn’t it weird? … Continue reading →

Posted in Cave art, Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Extinction, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Scientific Art, Stegodon, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged Bering, Blumenbach, book, Georges Cuvier, Leibniz, Mammoth, mummies, Natural History Museum, Pleistocene, Woolly Mammoth | 1 Comment

A very brief introduction to mammoths

Posted on July 18, 2017 by twilightbeasts

I was in Los Angeles when I first saw him. I stood in his shadow as he towered above me. I didn’t feel fear. Or panic. I felt awe despite being dwarfed. Light bounces off each bone, highlighting the curves, … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Gompothere, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, Asian Elephant, Cave Lion, Columbian Mammoth, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, Dolphin, Dorothea, Dorothea Bate, Elephas maximus indicus, Elephas maximus maximus, Eliphantidae, Fosters Rule, Giant Deer, Gompothere, Homo neander, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homotherium, Ichthyosaur, La Brea Tar, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta cyclotis, Mammoth, Mammoth Steppe, Mammuthus, Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus lamarmorai, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mastodon, Moeritherium, Neanderthal, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Primelephas, Proboscidea, Pygmy Mammoth, reindeer, Sabre tooth cat, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Southern Mammoth, Steppe Mammoth, Straight Tusked elephants, The African Mammoth, Tori Herridge, TrowelBlazers, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Zygolophodon | 21 Comments

An elephant shakes a tree

Posted on June 9, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Mammoths get all the attention. Like an annoying younger sibling, they hog a limelight that should be more equally shared. Occasionally, the mastodon gets a whisp of publicity, which is notable mostly for its rarity. The vast family of proboscideans … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Extinction, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Stegodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Elephant, African Forest Elephant, ancient DNA, Asian Elephant, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Merck’s rhinoceros, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Stegodon, Stegomastodon, Woolly Mammoth | 6 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

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

The last trumpet of a giant

Posted on June 5, 2015 by twilightbeasts

“The Columbian Mammoth of North America, Mammuthus columbi, is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.” And so it was written. In 1998 the Washington State Legislature recognised the Columbian Mammoth as their official state fossil. The decision was not easy. … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth | Tagged Bering Strait, Christopher Columbus, Columbian Mammoth, Cuvieronius tropicus, Dire Wolf, giant short-faced bear, Gompothere, Hugh Falconer, Imperial Mammoth, Island Dwarfism, Mammut americanum, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus imperator, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mastodon, Proboscideans, Smilodon, Southern Mammoth, State Fossil, Woolly Mammoth | 13 Comments

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