https://twilightbeasts.org/2023/01/04/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2022/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mammoth-evolution-tree.webpmammoth-evolution-treehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/giant-horse.webpgiant-horsehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hyena-1.jpghyena-1https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hyena.jpghyenahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fullsizeoutput_64.jpegfullsizeoutput_64https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/homotherium-tp-low-res1.jpghomotherium-tp-low-res12023-01-04T05:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2022/10/04/the-rise-and-reign-of-the-mammals/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220427_150139.jpg20220427_150139https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220427_150304.jpg20220427_150304https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/51i8zgo7dul.jpg51i8zgo7dul2022-10-25T08:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/08/10/beauty-beyond-our-grasp/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/niels_stensen.pngNiels_stensenPainting of Steno, almost two centuries after he passed away. (Art by J. P. Trap 1868)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/megalodonjpeg.jpgMEGALODONjpegThe ginormous size of Megalodon (in blue). At around https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/steensen_-_elementorum_myologiae_specimen_1669_-_4715289_tif1.jpgSteensen_-_Elementorum_myologiae_specimen,_1669_-_4715289_tifThe reconstruction of the giant shark drawn by Steno, published in his great work of 1669. (Image Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/steensen_-_elementorum_myologiae_specimen_1669_-_4715289_tif.jpgSteensen_-_Elementorum_myologiae_specimen,_1669_-_4715289_tifhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/wp_20161119_12_00_15_pro.jpgWP_20161119_12_00_15_ProThe author inside the jaws of Megalodon. On display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. (Photo by random, patient museum visitor)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_1056.jpgDSC_1056The weird saw from the mouth of the bizarre shark Helicprion. (Photo by author. Specimen at the National Museum of Natural History.)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stenoshark.jpgStenosharkgdagfdsfghsdhsdh2022-05-02T16:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/11/13/darwins-18-pence/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/t-platensis.pngT platensisA familiar chap posing as a scale next to a wonderful Toxodon. (Image from here).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/toxodon_platensis.jpgToxodon_platensisAn old school illustration of Toxodon platensis. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/toxodon-size.jpgtoxodon-sizeToxodon was a big beast. On a par with rhinoceros today, these were a common herbivore in the Pleistocene. (Image from www.prehistoricwildlife.com)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/640px-pangaea_continents-svg.png640px-Pangaea_continents.svgAlmost all the current continents in one place. The supercontinent, Pangea. (Image from here)2022-03-11T18:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2022/03/10/naming-nature/2022-05-17T18:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2022/01/16/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2021/2022-01-18T22:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/12/10/diminishing-giants/2022-01-03T15:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/11/11/foolish-dogs/2022-01-03T15:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/09/22/when-time-disappears/2021-09-22T16:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/08/21/the-bellowing-antelope/2021-09-18T10:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/about-us-2/2021-08-31T16:14:16+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/support-us-2/2021-08-31T16:14:01+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/2021/07/27/the-largest-of-the-rodents/2021-10-28T04:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/05/28/in-cold-pursuit/2021-08-26T02:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/01/21/nothing-but-the-tooth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/800px-macroeuphractus_skull.jpg800px-Macroeuphractus_skullThe skull of Macroeuphractus https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/800px-macroeuphractus_skull.jpg800px-Macroeuphractus_skullThe skull of Macroeuphractus outesi2021-07-04T20:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/06/09/the-littlest-homo/2021-06-09T17:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/05/14/a-beautiful-world/2021-05-16T19:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/index-of-beasts/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/twilight-beasts-logo.jpgTwilight Beasts Logo2021-05-13T10:59:38+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/2021/04/23/the-world-before-us/2021-11-30T07:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/03/19/the-forgotten-dogs-of-south-america/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/museo_malvinas_034_theriodictis_platensis_17036196795.jpgMuseo_malvinas_034_Theriodictis_platensis_(17036196795)The powerful skull of https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/800px-great_american_biotic_interchange_examples.svg_.png800px-Great_American_Biotic_Interchange_examples.svgGrap2022-09-29T08:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/12/21/marching-up-the-wrong-tree/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the_march_of_progress.jpgThe_March_of_ProgressThe March of Progresshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1024px-huxley_-_mans_place_in_nature.jpg1024px-Huxley_-_Mans_Place_in_Nature2022-01-03T15:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2021/01/02/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2020/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/rey-and-ass.jpgrey-and-assAmerica’s ass, Hippidion, with it’s short, stocky legs, and prehensile upper lip. (Image Twilight Beasts)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/squirrel_mummy.jpgsquirrel_mummyA mummified Arctic Ground Squirrel from Alaska. 20,000 years ago this squirrel curled up and went to sleep. But never woke up. (Image by Ryan Somma)2021-01-02T22:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/12/04/genomic-wisdom/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/westbury_image2.jpgwestbury_image2A graphicalhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/westbury_image3-1.jpgwestbury_image3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/westbury_image3.jpgwestbury_image3Graphichttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/westbury_image1.jpgWestbury_image1A phylogenetichttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/variant-2-sep-10.jpgvariant-2 sep 102021-03-19T10:07:52+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/09/02/the-story-of-the-king-rabbit/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/giant-rabbit-and-rey.jpggiant rabbit and reyOur strange giant rabbit, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1200px-mediterranee_02_en.jpg1200px-Mediterranee_02_ENMap of the Mediterannean Sea. (Image Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/movie_poster_watership_down.jpgMovie_poster_watership_downThe Watership Down movie poster, with poor Bigwig in a snare. (Image Public Domain)2020-09-17T04:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/05/22/the-evolutionary-history-of-extinct-and-living-lions/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/thumbnail-2.jpegthumbnail-2https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pnasfig.jpgPNASfigPhylogenyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_64.jpegfullsizeoutput_64Me in clean labhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sultan-barbary-lion-wcs-archives-c-1906.jpgSultan-Barbary-lion-WCS-Archives-c-1906"Sultan"2022-01-06T16:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/04/17/americas-ass/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rey-and-ass.jpgRey and assAmerica's ass, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/untitled.pnguntitledCaptain America (Chris Evans) commenting on his own rear end. 2020-06-03T06:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2020/01/06/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2019/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/holmensia-and-rey.jpgholmensia-and-reyOne of the largest of the pampatheriidae, Holmesina septentrionalis, compared to a 6 foot tall human.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/key_deer_jcb.jpgkey_deer_jcbA beautiful Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) on Big Pine Key, Florida. She looks like a fawn, but she is a fully grown adult, as tall as my hips. (Image by Joseph C Boone, from here)2020-01-06T13:57:14+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/11/04/ex-profundis/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/p1020748.jpgP1020748jaeshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/currents.jpgcurrentsdashttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/scott-river-egg-photo-douglas-elford.jpgScott-River-egg-photo-Douglas-ElfordScotthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/65588631_549685072233935_6349569020359658831_n.jpg65588631_549685072233935_6349569020359658831_nvelhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/a_great_auk_egg._coloured_lithograph_by_f._w._frohawk_1888._wellcome_v0022387.jpgA_great_auk_egg._Coloured_lithograph_by_F._W._Frohawk,_1888._Wellcome_V0022387egghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/great_auk_variation.jpgGreat_Auk_variation2019-11-04T13:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/10/16/dreamcatchers/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0753.jpgDSC_0753Fossil tapir skull found in South Carolina. On display at Charleston Museum. (Image Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1024px-megatapirus_augustus.jpg1024px-Megatapirus_augustusThe funky skull of the giant tapir. (Image Ryan Somma. Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lowland_tapir_tapirus_terrestris_male_27546923604.jpgLowland_Tapir_(Tapirus_terrestris)_male_(27546923604)The Brazillian tapir, the tapir I've seen in zoos and on TV. Just one of four tapir species! (Image Bernard Dupont. Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/giant-tapir-1.jpgGiant tapirThe giant tapir, Tapirus augusus, was almost as tall as a human. (Image Twilight Beasts)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/giant-tapir.jpgGiant tapirThe enormous Asian tapir (Image Twilight Beasts)2019-11-11T03:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/08/26/on-the-dhole/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/p1050981.jpgP1050981https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/p1050976.jpgP1050976https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/adaptations_of_the_pleistocene_island_canid_cynotherium_sardous_2006_fig._1.pngAdaptations_of_the_Pleistocene_island_canid_Cynotherium_sardous_(2006)_Fig._1Lyrashttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/adaptations_of_the_pleistocene_island_canid_cynotherium_sardous_2006_fig._5.pngAdaptations_of_the_Pleistocene_island_canid_Cynotherium_sardous_(2006)_Fig._5Lyrashttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cynotherium_sardous_restoration.jpgCynotherium_sardous_restoration2019-09-25T19:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/07/29/interview-with-the-mammoth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67564231_466337950592868_6689902834764218368_n.jpg67564231_466337950592868_6689902834764218368_nA rather excellent simulation of an Urnfield burial, Bronze Age Serbiahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67421618_1215060545332867_7557535938507702272_n.jpg67421618_1215060545332867_7557535938507702272_nhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67145545_325261641689514_1138327867160002560_n.jpg67145545_325261641689514_1138327867160002560_nGetting a mammoth interview!https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67638862_3037754493116214_6494958924943327232_n.jpg67638862_3037754493116214_6494958924943327232_nWise boneshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67090744_340229490261801_5971531393723793408_n.jpg67090744_340229490261801_5971531393723793408_nThis is not a sabre toothed tiger, although Kika thinks it might want to be!https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67642475_665787320607175_1227597503981944832_n.jpg67642475_665787320607175_1227597503981944832_nA humble mammoth - Kika's replica in the courtyard of Kikinda Museumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67305929_883363498710868_2502144102930317312_n.jpg67305929_883363498710868_2502144102930317312_nLush and green in summer!2022-01-17T14:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/06/26/the-power-of-wonder/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-40-smile-horse011.jpgLaming plate 40 smile horse011A beautiful drawing of half a horse, with a smile. (From Laming 1959, Plate 40)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-1002.jpgLaming plate 1002The awe-inspiring scene in the Great Hall of Bulls. (Image from Laming 1959, Plate 1)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-35-shaft-of-the-dead-man010.jpgLaming plate 35 shaft of the dead man010The odd stick man with a bird head and an errection, in Dead Man's Shaft. (From Laming 1959, Plate 35)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-22-deer-engraving-chamber-of-engravings009.jpgLaming plate 22 deer engraving chamber of engravings009Look closely and you can see a stags head carefully engraved on the rock. (From Laming 1959, Plate 22)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-10-horse-and-arrows.jpgLaming plate 10 horse and arrowsA beauitful horse, surrounded by arrows, in the Painted Gallery. (Image from Laming 1959, Plate 10)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-2-unicorn.jpgLaming plate 2 unicornThe weird 'unicorn' creature int eh Great Hall of Bulls. (From Laming 1959, Plate 2)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-4-deer.jpgLaming plate 4 deerDeer running on the walls in the Great Hall of Bulls.. Each deer is about 2 feet long. (From Laming 1959, Plate 4)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-pg-6-cave-layout.jpgLaming pg 6 cave layoutThe layout of the Lauscaux cave, showing where teh different chambers are. (From Laming 1959, page 61)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/laming-plate-5-bull-head.jpgLaming plate 5 bull headA close up of a bulls head from the cave walls at Lascaux (Image from Laming 1959, Plate 5)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1024px-9_bisonte_magdaleniense_polc3adcromo.jpg1024px-9_Bisonte_Magdaleniense_polícromoThe spectacular, vibrant red Bison from (Image Museo de Altamira y D. Rodríguez, Public Domain)2019-07-26T22:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/05/24/messel-an-ancient-greenhouse-ecosystem/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/800px-prachtkc3a4fer_aus_der_grube_messel.jpg800px-Prachtkäfer_aus_der_Grube_MesselA beautiful jewel beetle from the Messel Pits. (Image Torsten Wappler, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/masillamys_senckenberg_2007-01.jpgMasillamys_Senckenberg_2007-01The stunning fossil of https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/979856_1.jpg979856_1Messel: An Ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. The cover probably doesn't do this book justice!https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1280px-sinosauropteryxfossil.jpg1280px-SinosauropteryxfossilThe beautiful fossil of 2019-06-10T21:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/04/16/branching-out-a-review-of-the-first-foresters-explore-the-neolithic-in-scotlands-native-woodlands-by-kim-biddulph-and-matt-ritchie/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screenshot_23.jpgScreenshot_23https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screenshot_18.jpgScreenshot_18https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screenshot_19.jpgScreenshot_19https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/screenshot_20.jpgScreenshot_202019-04-28T02:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/03/08/remarkable-creatures/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/holmensia-and-rey.jpgHolmensia and reyOne of the largest of the pamphttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/800px-chaetophractus_vellerosus3.jpg800px-Chaetophractus_vellerosus3The slightly odd, but utterly adorable screaming hairy armadillo. (Imagehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1024px-gyptodon_cosmo_caixa.jpg1024px-Gyptodon_Cosmo_CaixaThe huge, massive, and somewhat remarkable creature, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/h.-septentrionalis-foot1.jpgMaker:S,Date:2017-12-22,Ver:6,Lens:Kan03,Act:Lar02,E-YtHE LARGE FOOT OF THEhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1024px-nine-banded_armadillo.jpg1024px-Nine-banded_ArmadilloThe nine-banded armadillo in Florida. These remarkable animals are covered head to tail in super-strong armour. (Image Public Domain)2019-05-02T02:50:49+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/02/11/smilodon-the-iconic-sabertooth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1010813.jpgP1010813skullhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p1010809.jpgP1010809Caninehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/smilodon_fatalis_holotype.jpgSmilodon_fatalis_holotypeHolotype of Smilodon fatalishttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/smilodon_book.jpgsmilodon_bookbook2019-02-11T14:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2019/01/18/globe-trotter/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hipparion.jpghipparionHipparianhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/przewalskis_horse_02.jpgprzewalskis_horse_02The gorgeous Przewalski horse, a rare and endangered wild horse. (Image Claudia Feh. Public Domain.)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/800px-equine_evolution.jpg800px-equine_evolutionThrough time horse species saw a reduction in toes, a flatter skull and thicker teeth. (Image H. Zell. Public Domain)2019-01-19T18:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/10/20/babys-got-quack/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/800px-japan_glaciation.gif800px-Japan_glaciation"Japan glaciation" by Davison A, Chiba S, Barton NH, Clarke B. - Davison A, Chiba S, Barton NH, Clarke B. (2005) "Speciation and Gene Flow between Snails of Opposite Chirality" (in English). PLoS Biology 3 (9, e282). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030282 [1]. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_glaciation.gif#/media/File:Japan_glaciation.gifhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/onchorhynchus_rastrosus_by_avancna-2.jpgOnchorhynchus_rastrosus_by_avancna (2)"Chendytes lawi" by The original uploader was Apokryltaros at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chendytes_lawi.jpg#/media/File:Chendytes_lawi.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/location_tsugarupeninsulajp.jpgLocation_TsugaruPeninsulaJpeflksa "Location TsugaruPeninsulaJp". Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Location_TsugaruPeninsulaJp.jpg#/media/File:Location_TsugaruPeninsulaJp.jpg2019-01-02T19:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/12/31/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2018/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Thylacinus.jpgThylacinusA male and female Thylacine in Washington D.C. National Zoo. (Image E.J. Keller. Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/paranthropus-boisei-nairobi.jpgparanthropus-boisei-nairobiThe robust skull of Paranthropus boisei (Image Bjørn Christian Tørrissen)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dodo-1605.jpgdodo-1605A fierce, slim looking dodo by Carolius Clusius. (Image Public Domain)2019-01-09T23:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/12/07/you-only-live-twice/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/marsupial-tapir1.jpgmarsupial tapirThe big, weird https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tumblr_inline_n23mk9flwq1qi1pem.jpgtumblr_inline_n23mk9FLwQ1qi1pemSome suggest that the marsupial tapir had a similar lifestyle to the giant ground sloth. (Image Peter Tousler)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/oakes_2003_palorchestes.jpgOAKES_2003_Palorchestes40,000 years ago someone painted the strange marsupial tapir on a wall in a cave. (Image from Oats 2003)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/marsupial-tapir.jpgmarsupial tapirThe big, weird, marsupial tapir. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/800px-kangaroo_and_joey03.jpg800px-Kangaroo_and_joey03The iconic marsupial, the kangaroo. Notice the youngster in the pouch, which can develop and grow there for (Image Public Domain)2018-12-16T18:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/10/26/a-whorl-of-difference/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vertigo_moulinsiana_2.jpgVertigo_moulinsiana_2Vertigohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vertigo_angustior20071.jpgVertigo_angustior2007Vertigohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vertigo_angustior2007.jpgVertigo_angustior2007Vertigo2018-10-27T18:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/10/12/the-beast-of-the-woods/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/presentation1.jpgPresentation1The beautiful from Quaternary Extinctions, pg. 72.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/deer.jpgdeerhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_0144.jpgIMG_0144A walk in the woods. Nothing but wilderness. Nothing but beauty.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eucladoceros_dicranios.jpgThe rather spectacular skull of Eucladoceros on display at at Museo di Paleontologia di Firenze. (Image Public Domain)2018-10-12T22:14:49+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/07/11/diving-into-ancient-crap/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wp_20161114_13_33_13_pro.jpgWP_20161114_13_33_13_ProThe massive, thick skull of Borophagus. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/buckland_hyena.jpgBuckland_hyenaOne of my favourite early illustrations. William Conybeare drew William Buckland crawling into a cave full of hyenas. This was based on Buckland's research at Kirkdale that showed the fossils there were from an ancient hyena den. From an 1894 book by Elizabeth Gordon, The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland,https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wp_20161114_12_22_33_pro.jpgWP_20161114_12_22_33_ProFour of the coproloites on Xiaoming's table. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wp_20161114_10_46_23_pro.jpgWP_20161114_10_46_23_ProThe quite spectacular 2018-08-08T03:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/06/29/the-end-of-the-ice-age/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-20-21.jpgP 20 & 21https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-18-19.jpgP 18 & 19https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-16-17.jpgP 16 & 17https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-14-15.jpgP 14 & 15https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-12-13.jpgP 12 & 13https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-10-11.jpgP 10 & 11https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-8-9.jpgP 8 & 9https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-6-7.jpgP 6 & 7https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-4-5.jpgP 4 & 5https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p-3.jpgP 32018-06-29T11:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/06/22/impressions/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/16587045_248216425632844_7353699690917557492_o.jpg16587045_248216425632844_7353699690917557492_oMumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/raasaydad.jpgRaasayDadRaasay2018-07-01T09:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/06/04/from-russia-with-love/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lyuba-ct_350.jpgLyuba-CT_350Image https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/lyuba.jpgLyubaMatt Howry from Ardmore,https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/boltunov_mammoth.jpgBoltunov_mammothThe Adams Mammoth2018-08-14T21:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/09/08/the-lonely-walk-to-extinction/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/untitled1.pnguntitled: An almost completely fused second and third cervical vertebra of the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/javan_rhino_zimmerman.jpgJavan_Rhino_ZimmermanA painting from 1861 depicts the hunting of R. s. sondaicus W.F.A. Zimmermann, Library of Congress gives his death at 1864. - Rhino Resource Center2018-05-24T20:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/05/18/under-the-boot-of-man/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020641.jpgP1020641https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020640.jpgP1020640https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020636.jpgP1020636Soft tissue of the last two auks killed on Eldey. Stored at Copenhagen Museumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020634.jpgP1020634https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1020633.jpgP1020633Soft tissuehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/great_auk_variation.jpgGreat_Auk_variationDifferences in seasonal plumage and individual variation in egg patterning in great auks. Public Domainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/great_auk-large_trans_nvbqzqnjv4bq47yqtqtfvqssa7qd7xcr07qvovdkl8deb9mmqbbq9cs.jpggreat_auk-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq47yQTQtFVQSsa7Qd7Xcr07qvOVDKL8deB9MmqbBq9CsGreat auk painting by John James Audubon. Public Domainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1050369.jpgP1050369Great Auk statue on Iceland looking towards Eldey Islandhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/untitled.pnguntitledhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/greataukmap-svg.pngGreatAukMap.svgThe known range of the Great Auk2018-05-31T21:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/05/02/standing-proud/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screenshot_14.jpgScreenshot_14https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/coles-1990.jpgcoles 1990https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/harvest_by_thienbao.jpgharvest_by_thienbaohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gorobuvno2.jpggorobuvno2https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p05206.jpgp05206https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gorbunovo1.jpggorbunovo1https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/screenshot_15.jpgScreenshot_15https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/nationalmuseet_-_cophenaghne_-_male_figure.jpgNationalmuseet_-_Cophenaghne_-_Male_figurehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/28378986_10155476326813247_6925290798495505634_n.jpg28378986_10155476326813247_6925290798495505634_n2018-05-13T18:42:37+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/04/02/coming-of-age-a-review-of-life-through-the-ages/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/i-dig-dinosaurs.jpgi dig dinosaurshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/knight.jpgknighthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cats.jpgcats2019-04-02T10:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/02/23/the-fanged-beast/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shrew.jpgshrewThe fangs of our beast, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blarina_brevicauda.jpgBlarina brevicaudaThe gorgeous Northern Short-tailed Shrew, from Canada. (Image Giles Gonthier. Public Domain) Longueur / Length: approx. 10 cm (4 inches) North American mammal (order Insectivora) Mammifère nord-américain (ordre des insectivores) Bas-Saint-Laurent -- Province de Québec -- Canada 1892-2006 Canon PowerShot A620 Prise en septembre 2006 -- Taken in September 2006https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mole.jpgmoleThe thick mole humerus showing bite marks on the bone.2018-04-13T16:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/02/08/its-miller-time/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/irish-elk-skelaton.jpgIrish-Elk-Skelatonhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/a_fallow_deer_walking_forward.jpgA_fallow_deer_walking_forwardimage by Michael Palmerhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/records_of_big_game_-_with_their_distribution_characteristics_dimensions_weights_and_horn_and_tusk_measurements_1910_14749912075.jpgRecords_of_big_game_-_with_their_distribution,_characteristics,_dimensions,_weights,_and_horn_and_tusk_measurements_(1910)_(14749912075)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/arkiv_focc88r_zoologi_1910_20326738412.jpgArkiv_för_zoologi_(1910)_(20326738412)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/records_of_big_game_-_with_their_distribution_characteristics_dimensions_weights_and_horn_and_tusk_measurements_1910_14726898046.jpgRecords_of_big_game_-_with_their_distribution,_characteristics,_dimensions,_weights,_and_horn_and_tusk_measurements_(1910)_(14726898046)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/800px-capreolus_capreolus_male_p.jpg800px-Capreolus_capreolus_male_pImage by Przykutahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1060409.jpgP1060409Hugh Miller's cottagehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1060405.jpgP1060405https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p1060402.jpgP1060402https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/10532337_10154435546095584_2656215018613560304_n.jpg10532337_10154435546095584_2656215018613560304_n2018-02-11T14:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/01/25/sabertooth/2018-01-25T20:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/01/23/lost-animals/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shot-thylacine.jpgshot-thylacine2018-01-23T15:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2018/01/19/island-hopping-hippos/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dwarf-hippopot1.jpgdwarf hippopotThe smallest of the Mediterranean dwarf hippos, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/map.jpgmapThe Mediterranean Seahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1280px-malagasy_hippopotamus.jpg1280px-Malagasy_HippopotamusJust look at the size of this hippo! The https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/800px-choeropsis_liberiensis_bzg.jpg800px-Choeropsis_liberiensis_BZGA very cute pygmy hippo (Image public doman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hippopotamus-polka-early1850s.jpgHippopotamus-polka-early1850sMy mu would have seen the humour in this. A somewhat flamboyant, yet gallant, hippopotamus taking the lead. The image is from the Hippopotamus 2018-02-07T22:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/12/31/the-most-and-least-read-posts-of-2017/2018-01-13T19:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/12/01/nice-beaver-redux/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/trogontherium_recon.jpegTrogontherium_reconhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/trogontherium_cuvieri.jpgTrogontherium_cuvieriBy E. T.Newton2017-12-23T14:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/10/31/tamed-ten-species-that-changed-our-world/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/icehorse.jpgicehorseIce age horses, (Art Tabitha Patterson)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dltv81qw4aeyfzl.jpgDLTV81QW4AEyFZLA very excited2017-11-13T21:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/10/02/walking-on-thin-ice/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ancientbearjaw.jpgancientbearjawThe oldest polar bear fossil so far found, dated between 130,000 adn 110,000 years old.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/polar_bear_-_alaska_cropped.jpgPolar_Bear_-_Alaska_(cropped)The beautiful polar bear () in Alaska. (Photo by Alan Wilson. Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/endangered_arctic_-_starving_polar_bear.jpgEndangered_arctic_-_starving_polar_bearA starving polar bear at 2018-01-28T12:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/07/18/a-very-brief-introduction-to-mammoths/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/mammoth-evolution-tree.jpgMammoth evolution treeThe spectacular species of mammoths. Not that there were some early evolutionary dead ends. At many times there were more than one species of mammoth lolloping on Earth. (Image by Twilight Beasts)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-californain-dwarf.jpgREY CALIFORNAIN DWARFThe third mini-mammothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-columbian-mammoth.jpgREY COLUMBIAN MAMMOTHThe mammoth in Los Angeles (and North America)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-wooly-mammoth.jpgrey Wooly MammothThe shaggiest mammoth of them all, the one most adored, the Woolly Mammothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-sardian-mammoth.jpgREY sardian mammothSmall https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-steppe-mammoth.jpgREY STEPPE MAMMOTHThe mighty Steppe Mammothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-southern-mammoth.jpgREY Southern MammothThe Southern Mammothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-crete-dwarf-mammoth.jpgREY CRETE DWARF MAMMOTHThe smallest mammoth that has ever lived, the mighty-mini Cretan Dwarf Mammoth (https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-mammuthus_rumanus-d3ivevg.jpgREY mammuthus_rumanus-d3ivevgThe enigmatic mammothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rey-mamuthus-aficanus.jpgREY MAMUTHUS AFICANUSThe African Mammoth 2022-01-17T15:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/08/02/discovering-the-mammoth-a-tale-of-giants-unicorns-ivory-and-the-birth-of-a-new-science/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/evenk_family_in_the_early_1900s.jpgEvenk_family_in_the_early_1900sAn Evenki family photo taken in 1900. Public Domain image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adams_mammoth_vienna.jpgAdams_mammoth,_ViennaThe Adams mammoth today at the Vienna Natural History Museum. You can clearly see the mummified skin still attached to the head. Image by Monika Ďuríčková via Wikimedia Commons2017-08-02T11:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/07/07/the-stuff-of-night-mares/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/giant-horse.jpgGiant HorseTh ginormous size of https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screenshot_55.jpgScreenshot_55https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screenshot_53.jpgScreenshot_532019-11-18T10:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/21/galloping-across-the-steppes/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/horse-1.jpghorse (1)A sketch of a tarpan, (Art by Tabitha Paterson)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/icehorse.jpgicehorseA team of horses (Equus caballus) slowly moving across the European steppes around 30,000 years ago. (Art by Tabitha Paterson)2019-01-19T15:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/06/27/the-devil-on-the-mountain/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obermaier_1877_gams_schamanen.jpgOBERMAIER_1877_Gams_SchamanenThe 'chamois dancers', image from H. Obermaier, 'Der Mensch der Vorzeit' (1912)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bressan_img_5215_chamois.jpgBRESSAN_IMG_5215_chamoisChamois costume of a traditional folklore carnival in the Alps. (Image by D. Bressan)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/osborn_1916_men_of_the_old_stone_age.jpgOSBORN_1916_Men_of_the_Old_Stone_AgeThe chamois of the Cave of Gourdan, image from H. Osborn, 'Men of the Old Stone Age' (1916)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/obermaier_1877_chamois_cave_of_la_pasiega.jpgOBERMAIER_1877_chamois_Cave_of_La_PasiegaThe chamois in the Cave of La Pasiega, image from H. Obermaier, 'Der Mensch der Vorzeit' (1912)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bressan_img_0131_chamois.jpgBRESSAN_IMG_0131_chamois  A chamois in its natural habitat, photo by D. Bressan2017-06-28T08:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/06/09/an-elephant-shakes-a-tree/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/elephant0567.jpgElephant0567https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/default.jpgdefaulthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/default-2.jpgdefault-2https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/54f4d0714ae9369bd7d4e0b07c996be4.jpg54f4d0714ae9369bd7d4e0b07c996be4https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/397c03bc00000578-0-image-m-56_1476790873995.jpg397C03BC00000578-0-image-m-56_1476790873995Ahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rekhmire-tomb-elephant.jpgRekhmire-tomb-elephanthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tilos_elephant_to_scale_p_anti.jpgTilos_elephant_to_scale_P_antiDescriptionhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/elephasantiquus.jpgElephasantiquushttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/elephas_antiquus_rom.jpgElephas_antiquus_Rom2018-10-03T23:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/11/18/survivors/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/beringia_-_late_wisconsin_glaciation.pngBeringia_-_late_wisconsin_glaciationfagasfgasdfhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/d181d0b0d0b9d0b3d0b0d0ba-1.jpgСайгак (1)The gorgeous saiga antelope (2017-05-25T11:53:42+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/04/11/on-the-shoulders-of-giants/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/rey-and-turtle.jpgRey and turtleThe enormous giant tortoise https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/a-_gigantea_aldabra_giant_tortoise.jpgA._gigantea_Aldabra_Giant_TortoiseThe Aldabra giant tortoise (Image Public Domain)2017-04-28T20:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/03/29/the-evolution-underground/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/800px-thalassinoidesisrael.jpg800px-ThalassinoidesIsraelA pretty impressive slab of rock holding huge burrows made by crustaceans, from the Middle Jurassic. (Image by Mark Wilson. Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp_20161119_13_02_35_pro.jpgWP_20161119_13_02_35_ProThe hand of yours truly on one claw from the North Carolina Giant Ground Sloth. (Photo by Jan Freedman. Taken at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bear-dens.jpegFigure-49-Bear-DensIt was wonderful to see some fun figures in this book, including this Cave Bear den which was inspired by our own Rey scale. (Image used with kind permission from Anthony Martin)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/giant-ground-sloth-burrow.jpegGiant-Ground-Sloth-BurrowThe impressive underground burrow system of a giant ground sloth (Image reproduced with kind permission from Antony Martin)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pseudo-burrows-nc-2.jpgPseudo-Burrows-NC-2One of the most beautiful slabs of rock I have ever held. On it https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/early_mining_bee_andrena_haemorrhoa_cumnor.jpgEarly_mining_bee_(Andrena_haemorrhoa)_CumnorA very funky, 80s ooking mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) (Image by Charles Sharp Public Domain)- Own work2017-03-30T00:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/03/15/no-bullwinkle/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/churcher_cervalces.jpegchurcher_cervalceshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wp_20170303_14_20_27_pro.jpgwp_20170303_14_20_27_prohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rom_-_stag-moose.jpgrom_-_stag-mooseAnother view of Cevalces scotti, at the Royal Ontario Museum. Image by Staka via Wikimedia COmmonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cervalces_scotti_-_muse.jpgcervalces_scotti_-_museCervalces scotti. Image by Stefano De Mateo/MUSE via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alces_latifrons.jpgalces_latifronsAlces latifrons antlers. Aalen museum, image by Ghedoghedo via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alces_latifrons_435.jpgalces_latifrons_435Alces latifrons antlers, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1024px-a_bull_moose_animal_mammal.jpg1024px-a_bull_moose_animal_mammalA fine specimen of a bull moose (Alces alces). Public Domain Image2017-03-18T13:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/03/08/battle-of-the-birds/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/long20mile20cave.giflong20mile20cavehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/f2-large.jpgf2-largehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1c905ee0c7d0de83871caf32123939fe.jpg1c905ee0c7d0de83871caf32123939fehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thoth.jpgthoth2017-03-12T21:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/02/23/horned-armadillos-and-rafting-monkeys/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fig09_06.jpgfig09_06A horned armadillo (Peltephilus ferox) carefully scouts around the entrance to its burrow before embarking on a search for food. Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski and provided courtesy of Darin Croft and Indiana University Press.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/marmoset_copy.jpgmarmoset_copyA gorgeous little Brazillian Common marmoset monkey. (https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/300px-great_american_biotic_interchange_examples-svg.png300px-great_american_biotic_interchange_examples-svgThe Great American Interchange showing the creatures that moved to explore new lands. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/swimming-sloth-sillhouette.jpgswimming-sloth-sillhouetteThe wonderful giant swimming ground sloth.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/519px-laurasia-gondwana-svg.png519px-laurasia-gondwana-svgThe two major landmasses Laurasia in the north, and Gondwana in the South, around 200 years ago. (Image from here.) https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/t-platensis.pngt-platensisThe bizarre looking Toxodon. (iMAGE BY 2017-02-24T08:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/12/02/stuck-in-time/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wp_20161115_14_50_44_pro.jpgwp_20161115_14_50_44_proThe gorgous sculpture of the American lion. (Photo by Author)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wp_20161116_10_54_02_pro.jpgwp_20161116_10_54_02_proThe incredible wall of around 400 dire wolf skulls on display in the Page Museumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wp_20161115_14_20_48_pro.jpgwp_20161115_14_20_48_proThe beautiful skeleton of a Monster Bird on display in the Page Museum. (Photo by author)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wp_20161115_13_27_47_pro.jpgwp_20161115_13_27_47_proThe author holding a bone from a dire wolf. You can see the extent of the drawers needed to store the collection. (Photo by Aisling Farrell)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161115_12_49_49_pro.jpgwp_20161115_12_49_49_proIt might not look like much, but Pit 91 is revealing https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161116_11_01_44_pro.jpgwp_20161116_11_01_44_proHidden amongst the https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161115_12_27_09_pro.jpgwp_20161115_12_27_09_proOne of the first sights a visitor sees, https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161115_12_26_12_pro.jpgwp_20161115_12_26_12_proOn teh busines2017-02-23T12:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/03/30/eye-of-the-beholder/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pachycrocuta-and-hyena-and-rey.jpgPachycrocuta and hyena and ReyThe enormous Giant Short Faced Hyena (in green)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pachycrocuta-and-rey.jpgPachycrocuta and ReyThe enromous Giant Short Faacesdshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nandibear.jpgNandibearA sketch of the Nandi Bear (not from life). (Image from https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1024px-pachycrocuta_brevirostris_1.jpg1024px-Pachycrocuta_brevirostris_1The thick skull, and short snout of (Image by Wiki member By Ghedoghedo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20542629https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cdigh2_viaal7ax.jpgCdIGH2_VIAAL7aXA young spotted hyena. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cdwzggvwiaeyi8j.jpgCdwzggvWIAEYi8jA gorgeous spotted hyena just lying lazily in the sun.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bhvyiiqcuaakz4d.jpgBhVyiiqCUAAkz4dA spotted hyena2017-02-07T21:27:23+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/05/20/medusas-legacy/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/python-and-rey.jpgPython and ReyA rough sketchof what https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/800px-wonambi_naracoortensis_vs_thylacoleo.jpg800px-Wonambi_naracoortensis_vs_ThylacoleoA wonderful reconstruction of the marsupial lion and Wohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1024px-gallerie_blanche.jpg1024px-Gallerie_BlancheOne walkway thgouth https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/titanoboa_1_7684792594.jpgTitanoboa_1_(7684792594)A Gigantophis swallowing what looks to be a crocodile. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/medusa.jpgMedusaA somewhat chilling portrait of Medusa Medusa by Arnold Böcklin, circa 18782017-03-28T04:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/01/10/open-your-eyes-and-see-beauty/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wp_20161115_14_25_12_pro.jpgwp_20161115_14_25_12_proThe enormous Columbian Mammoth on display at La Brea, pulls the visitors away from other displays. Author for scale. (Image, authors own.)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rey-and-dwarf-pronghorn.jpgrey-and-dwarf-pronghornThe Dwarf Pronghorn was the smallest pronghorn species. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wp_20161115_14_13_23_pro.jpgwp_20161115_14_13_23_proA display you could just walk past. But take a moment to stop. And appreciate how amazing this creature was. (Photo by Jan Freedman)2017-01-11T02:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2017/01/02/the-most-and-least-read-blog-posts-of-2016/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wp_20161119_13_02_35_pro.jpgwp_20161119_13_02_35_proOne enormous claw from a Giant Ground Sloth on display at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. This enormous claw could dig through rock. To make tunnels!https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/untitled.pnguntitledIntricately carved from fragile mammoth tusk, these two reindeer look as though they are swimming, although this may be due to the lack of depth of a mammoth tusk. (image from the British Museum)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3wm3spk.jpg_3wm3spk2017-01-09T20:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/12/22/the-lost-sheep/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/horns.jpghornsHorns of subspecies Megalovis balcanicus from CRÉGUT-BONNOURE and DIMITRIJEVIĆ 2006, reference in blog bibliographyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/megalovis_latifrons_calco_endocranico.jpgmegalovis_latifrons_calco_endocranicoFrom Wikicommons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megalovis_latifrons_calco_endocranico.JPG) the skull of Megalovis latifrons, from Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Parishttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1024px-nemorhaeduscaudatusarnouxianus.jpg1024px-nemorhaeduscaudatusarnouxianusA modern day Goral. (Image by FunkMonk on Wiki)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/rey-and-giant-sheep.jpgrey-and-giant-sheepThe giant sheep 2017-01-09T20:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/07/04/born-in-the-usa/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/woodwardeagle_zps54a41c5b.jpgWoodwardEagle_zps54a41c5bA magnificent articulated skeleton of (Image Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2010-bald-eagle-with-fish.jpg2010-bald-eagle-with-fish"2010-bald-eagle-with-fish" by Yathin S Krishnappa - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-bald-eagle-with-fish.jpg#/media/File:2010-bald-eagle-with-fish.jpg2017-01-09T20:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/11/25/giant-sloths-sabertooth-cats/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mastodon4.jpgmastodon4https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mastodon_04.jpgmastodon_04https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/humantrackscope.jpghumantrackscopehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mylodontracks.jpgmylodontrackshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161118_11_01_09_pro.jpgwp_20161118_11_01_09_prohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161118_11_00_50_pro.jpgwp_20161118_11_00_50_prohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161118_11_00_44_pro.jpgwp_20161118_11_00_44_prohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wp_20161118_11_00_38_pro.jpgwp_20161118_11_00_38_pro2016-12-24T20:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/10/12/squishy-bear-face/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ziggy-distribrution.jpgziggy-distribrutionThe fossil finds of Ziggy and other Pleistocene giants. Notice Ziggy's distribution is close to the coast. (Image from Quaternary Extinctions. page 264). https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ziggy-and-rey.jpgziggy-and-reyZiggy was a pretty big wombat. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ziggy-skull.jpgziggy-skullA quick sketch of Ziggy's skull. Note the strange pointy bit of bone sticking out on the nose. (Art by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/zygomaturus_bw.jpgzygomaturus_bwA bear that has run in to a wall? https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pangea.pngpangeaThe supercontinent2016-11-25T20:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/11/25/buttercup-the-mammoth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/b3ixalkigaa0iwz.jpgB3IXALkIgAA0iWzA beautiful illustration of mammoths by the talented Tabitha Paterson. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/liquid-blood.jpgliquid bloodA tantalising picture of a vial with some red liquid inside. (Image from here)2016-10-06T10:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/10/06/turtle-power/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/galapagos.jpggalapagosAuthorhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tortoise.jpgtortoisehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/archive-walter-and-toirtoise-copyright-nhm-1020x560.jpgarchive-walter-and-toirtoise-copyright-nhm-1020x560https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/water-babies.jpgwater-babieswhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lord_howe_island.pnglord_howe_islandhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/meiolania.jpgmeiolaniaThehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/meiloania_platyceps.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/meiolania_platyceps_tail_view.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/meiolania_platyceps.jpgmeiolania_platycepshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ninjemys_oweni.jpgninjemys_oweni2016-10-31T14:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/09/28/staying-put-the-what-when-and-how-of-the-first-farmers/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-7.jpgfig-7Neolithic goat jaw bone from Göytepe (Image courtesy of Nagoya University).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-6.jpgfig-6Dry preservation of plant remains from excavations (left) and a well preserved, desiccated barley grain found at Yoram cave (right)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-5.jpgfig-5Ancient DNA from human remains in Iran (blue) and Anatolia (red) show very different genetic affinities to modern day populations suggesting multiple origins for farming and evidence of an eastwards expansion (adapted from Broushaki et al. 2016).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-4.jpgfig-4Human skeleton from an archaeological excavation in Northern Greece (Paliambela Excavation Project Archive - credit K. Kotsakis and P.Halstead).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-3.jpgfig-3The world famous monument of Stonehenge was erected in the Late Neolithic around 2500BCE.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-2.jpgfig-2Trench at the Neolithic site of Chogha Golan at the foot of the Zagros Mountains, Iran.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-1.jpgfig-1A comparative timeline of the origins of agriculture and associated technologies. Drawn by Dr. Chris Stevens as part of the ComPAg project. 2016-09-28T20:08:08+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/09/06/disappearing-into-the-heavens/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pouakai.jpgpouakaifrom ‘Cave of the Eagle’, in the Canterbury district. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/accipiter_nisus_-in_flight-8-4c.jpgAccipiter_nisus_-in_flight-8-4cThe beautiful Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (Accipiter nisus). (Image by Christian Knoch)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fig-12-perforations-in-the-pelvis-of-a-giant-moa-dinornis-giganteus-from.pngFIG-12-Perforations-in-the-pelvis-of-a-giant-moa-Dinornis-giganteus-fromEnormous holes in the pelvis of a Moa. Made by the gigantic talons of Harpagornis.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/harpergornis-and-rey-sillhouette.jpgHarpergornis and Rey SillhouetteHarpagornis was 2016-09-21T08:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/08/26/a-striped-wonder/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bagged_thylacine.jpgBagged_thylacinehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nullarbor.jpgnullarborMummy of a Thylacine, radiocarbon dated to the mid-Holocene, found in the Nullarbor plainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1902-thylacine-mummy.jpg1902 thylacine mummyMummy of a Thylacine, radiocarbon dated to the mid-Holocene, found in the Nullarbor plainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/benjamin.jpg"Benjamin"Picture of a Thylacine exhibiting its enormous gape, taken by the Zoologist David Fleay. The animal later bit him on the arse.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/guiler_1985_thylacine_bounty.jpgGUILER_1985_Thylacine_bountyBounties paid on Thylacines2016-09-07T13:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/08/12/getting-inside-the-bones/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1280px-weichsel-wc3bcrm-glaciation.png1280px-Weichsel-Würm-GlaciationThe extent of the ice sheet at the Last Glacial Maximumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/european_bisons.jpgEuropean_bisonsPhoto taken in Réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur, Haut-Thorenc, France (Valène Aure)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_9688.jpgIMG_9688An almost complete skeleton of a European bison found at the end of the 18th century in southern Sweden. Photo by Lucas Gölén2016-08-15T12:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/08/24/seeking-redemption/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quagga_exhibit_leiden.jpgQuagga_exhibit_Leiden"Quagga exhibit Leiden" by Konstantin Kirilov - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quagga_exhibit_Leiden.jpg#/media/File:Quagga_exhibit_Leiden.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quagga_london_zoo.jpgQuagga_London_ZooPhoto from ARKive of the Quagga (Equus quagga quagga) - http://www.arkive.org/quagga/equus-quagga-quagga/image-G1861.htmlhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quagga.jpgQuagga"Quagga" by Nicolas Marechal - PD painting. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quagga.jpg#/media/File:Quagga.jpg2016-08-04T22:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/06/11/yesterdays-camel/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waco_mammoth_site_camel.jpgWaco_mammoth_site_camelCamelops hesternus remains athttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/camelus_hesternus_sergiodlarosa.jpgCamelus_hesternus_SergiodlarosaCamelops hesternus bu Sergiodlarosahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hueso_sacro_de_tequixquiac.jpgMEXICO-UNIVERSAL FORUM OF CULTURESThe "Sacro de Tequixquiac" (Canino Bone), considered as the oldest artistic creation of the American continent, 2016-08-04T22:04:53+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/07/10/a-test-of-time/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/isotopic_stages_hg.pngIsotopic_stages_hgFrom analysing the Oxygen isotope ratios recorded in the foram tests, we can see many warm and cold stages throughout the past. (Image by Hannes Grobe Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/thermohaline_circulation_2.pngThermohaline_Circulation_2Unseen by us are warm and cold currents traveling around the planet in the oceans. (Image by "Thermohaline Circulation 2" by Robert Simmon, NASA. Minor modifications by Robert A. Rohde also released to the public domain - NASA Earth Observatory. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thermohaline_Circulation_2.png#/media/File:Thermohaline_Circulation_2.pnghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hyena.jpgHYENAA gorgeous sub-fossil hyena jaw from Kitely Caveshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/benthic_foraminifera.jpgBenthic_foraminiferaThe tests of four different species of forams imaged under a Scanning Electron Microscope highlighting incredible detail. 2016-08-04T22:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/07/17/the-beauty-in-the-beasts/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bison-cave-painting.jpgBison cave paintingA gorgeous red Bison https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20000_year_old_cave_paintings_hyena.png20,000_Year_Old_Cave_Paintings_Hyena"20,000 Year Old Cave Paintings Hyena" by Carla Hufstedler - originally posted to Flickr as 20,000 Year Old Cave Paintings: Hyena. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20,000_Year_Old_Cave_Paintings_Hyena.png#/media/File:20,000_Year_Old_Cave_Paintings_Hyena.pnghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lascaux.jpglascauxAbea2016-08-04T22:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/07/24/the-ancients-of-the-forest/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/siamese_kauri.jpgSiamese_KauriA double whammy! (https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/320px-kauri_te_matua_ngahere.jpg320px-Kauri_Te_Matua_NgahereThe oldest of them all, Te Matua. ("Kauri Te Matua Ngahere". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kauri_Te_Matua_Ngahere.jpg#/media/File:Kauri_Te_Matua_Ngahere.jpg2016-08-04T22:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/07/31/from-the-bones-of-giants/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f07_0054_ma.jpgF07_0054_Ma"F07 0054.Ma" by Jochen Jahnke at the German language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F07_0054.Ma.JPG#/media/File:F07_0054.Ma.JPGhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hyenaspeerschleuder_lamadeleine.jpgHyenaSpeerschleuder_LaMadeleine"Speerschleuder LaMadeleine" by Klaus D. Peter, Wiehl, Germany - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 de via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Speerschleuder_LaMadeleine.jpg#/media/File:Speerschleuder_LaMadeleine.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hand_axe_spanish.gifHand_axe_spanish"Hand axe spanish" by José-Manuel Benito - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hand_axe_spanish.gif#/media/File:Hand_axe_spanish.gifhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sleeping_reindeer_3_2918856445_7d66cc4796_o.jpgSleeping_Reindeer_3_2918856445_7d66cc4796_o"Sleeping Reindeer 3 2918856445 7d66cc4796 o" by Herb Neufeld (London - the British Museum). Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sleeping_Reindeer_3_2918856445_7d66cc4796_o.jpg#/media/File:Sleeping_Reindeer_3_2918856445_7d66cc4796_o.jpg2016-08-04T22:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/08/06/the-silent-hunter/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/8-74-5-ed-1.jpg8-74-5-ED (1)The distribrution of recorded Late Pleistocene leopard specimens from Britain. (Image from Freedman & Evans, 2015)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leopard_distribution2.gifLeopard_distribution2Illustration "Leopard distribution2" by Tommyknocker - Originally created and uploaded to the English Wikipeda by Tommyknocker. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_distribution2.gif#/media/File:Leopard_distribution2.gifhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/african_leopard_5.jpgAfrican_Leopard_5A magnificent, proud African leopard (Panth pardus) (Image Public Domain)2016-08-04T22:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/08/14/did-humans-wipe-out-the-megafauna/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/spreading_homo_sapiens_la_svg.pngSpreading_homo_sapiens_la_svg"Spreading homo sapiens la" by NordNordWest - File:Spreading homo sapiens ru.svg by Urutseg. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svg#/media/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phanerozoic_biodiversity_blank_01.pngPhanerozoic_biodiversity_blank_01"Phanerozoic biodiversity blank 01" by Philcha (talk) 13:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC) - Image:Phanerozoic Biodiversity.svg by Albert Mestre. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phanerozoic_biodiversity_blank_01.png#/media/File:Phanerozoic_biodiversity_blank_01.pnghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ice_age_fauna_of_northern_spain_-_mauricio_antc3b3n.jpgIce_age_fauna_of_northern_Spain_-_Mauricio_Antón"Ice age fauna of northern Spain - Mauricio Antón" by Mauricio Antón - http://www.plosbiology.org/article/slideshow.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060099&imageURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060099.g001, from C. Sedwick (1 April 2008). "What Killed the Woolly Mammoth?". PLoS Biology 6 (4): e99. DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060099.. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_age_fauna_of_northern_Spain_-_Mauricio_Ant%C3%B3n.jpg#/media/File:Ice_age_fauna_of_northern_Spain_-_Mauricio_Ant%C3%B3n.jpg2016-08-04T22:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/08/28/the-last-squawk-of-the-dodo/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dodo-skeleton_natural_history_museum_london_england.jpgDodo-Skeleton_Natural_History_Museum_London_England"Dodo-Skeleton Natural History Museum London England" by Heinz-Josef Lücking - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodo-Skeleton_Natural_History_Museum_London_England.jpg#/media/File:Dodo-Skeleton_Natural_History_Museum_London_England.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dodo-foot.jpgdodo footThe author holidng the articulated skeltal dodo foot from teh Oxford University Museum of Natural History. https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mauritius_roadstead_-_engraving.jpgMauritius_roadstead_-_engraving"View of the Mauritius roadstead - engraving" by Attributed to John Theodore and John Isreal De Bry, accompanying journal of Cornelis Jacob Van Neck[1] - Atlas of Mutual Heritage: page. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_the_Mauritius_roadstead_-_engraving.jpg#/media/File:View_of_the_Mauritius_roadstead_-_engraving.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/nicobar_pigeon_820.jpgNicobar_Pigeon_820"Nicobar Pigeon 820" by Tomfriedel - http://www.birdphotos.com - direct link. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicobar_Pigeon_820.jpg#/media/File:Nicobar_Pigeon_820.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/edwards_dodo.jpgEdwards'_Dodo"Edwards' Dodo" by Roelant Savery - http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/History-of-the-dodo-Hume.pdf. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwards%27_Dodo.jpg#/media/File:Edwards%27_Dodo.jpg2017-06-10T18:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/09/19/the-lynx-effect/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lynx_lynx_2_martin_mecnarowski.jpgLynx_lynx_2_(Martin_Mecnarowski)Northern lynx in Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Germany. Image by Martin Mecnarowski via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800px-iberian_lynx_fausto02.jpg800px-Iberian_Lynx_fausto02A beautifully ruffed Iberian lynx. Image by manedwolf via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/800px-the_captive_lynx_photo_c_hs85-10-38342.jpg800px-The_captive_lynx,_Photo_C_(HS85-10-38342)Lynx are big! This Canadian lynx is not even a record breaker. Public domain image.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lynx_pardinus_bones_murcia_20051127.jpgLynx_pardinus_bones,_Murcia_20051127Fossil skeleton of Lynx pardinus from Sima del Huesos (Cave of bones), Murcia, Spain via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lynx.jpgLynxPhylogeny of lynx. Dashed grey lines=phylogenetic relationships. Black lines=approximate fossil longevityhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lynx_range.pngLynx_rangeDistribution of lynx species. Orange=Northern; Red=Iberian; Purple=Canadian; Green=Bobcat2016-08-04T21:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/10/14/clovis-hunting-an-african-elephant/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mammoth_spear_thrower.jpgMammoth_Spear_Thrower"Mammoth Spear Thrower" by Sara Branch from Cymru / Wales (Spear thrower carved as a mammoth). Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammoth_Spear_Thrower.jpg#/media/File:Mammoth_Spear_Thrower.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mammothvsmastodon.jpgMammothVsMastodon"<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MammothVsMastodon.jpg#/media/File:MammothVsMastodon.jpg">MammothVsMastodon</a>" by <a href="Dantheman9758" class="extiw" title="en:User:Dantheman9758">Dantheman9758</a> at the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="en:">English language Wikipedia</a>. Licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" title="Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a> via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/">Commons</a>.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/clovis_rummells_maske.jpgClovis_Rummells_MaskeClovis points from the Rummells-Maske Site, 13CD15, Cedar County, Iowa. Image by Bill Whttaker from Wikimedia Commons2016-08-04T21:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/10/31/big-find-in-little-china/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/spreading_homo_sapiens_la-svg.pngSpreading_homo_sapiens_la.svg"Spreading homo sapiens la" by NordNordWest - File:Spreading homo sapiens ru.svg by Urutseg. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svg#/media/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/a6e2aa517e9e0e9f256cd06970d8b777.pnga6e2aa517e9e0e9f256cd06970d8b777Meet the family. (Image Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/homo-stammbaum_version_stringer-en-svg.pngHomo-Stammbaum,_Version_Stringer-en.svg"Homo-Stammbaum, Version Stringer-en" by Homo-Stammbaum, Version Stringer.jpg: Chris Stringerderivative work: Conquistador - This file was derived from  Homo-Stammbaum, Version Stringer.jpg:. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 de via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo-Stammbaum,_Version_Stringer-en.svg#/media/File:Homo-Stammbaum,_Version_Stringer-en.svg2016-08-04T21:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/11/11/the-moo-of-the-wild/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paintings_from_the_chauvet_cave_museum_replica.jpgPaintings_from_the_Chauvet_cave_(museum_replica)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/738px-aurochs_heck_comparison.jpg738px-Aurochs_heck_comparisonComparison of life appearance of aurochs and Heck cattle. Image byhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1551-gesner-hunting-the-extinct-auroch-paul-d-stewart.jpg1551-gesner-hunting-the-extinct-auroch-paul-d-stewartBottom: Section of the Gundestrup Cauldron showing aftermath of Aurochs hunt. Public Domain. Top: 16th century engraving of an aurochs from Conrad Gesner's Icones Animalium. Public Domainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/t0jy3h7.jpgT0jY3H7https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_0566.jpgIMG_0566Danish Aurochs (Bos primigenius) in the National Museum of Denmark. Image author's own.2017-06-10T18:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/11/25/100000-thank-yous/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/curhl-twoaaubky.jpgCUrhL-TWoAAUBkyhdfjgyjthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cuneti5wcain7xn.jpgChalicotheres2016-08-04T21:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/12/09/a-camel-for-christmas/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/g-spatula.jpgg-spatulafgslhdghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/screenshot_8-1.jpgScreenshot_8 (1)The extent of the glaciaers in Northern America.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gigantocamelus-silo.jpgGigantocamelus-SiloThe enormous head of Gigantocamelus, Upper Pliocene/Lower Pliocene, Garden Co., Nebraska, fossil (Head approximately 3 feet long!)2016-08-04T21:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/01/07/time-capsules-from-the-ice-age/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arctic-ground-squirrel.jpgarctic ground squirrelImages of ground squirrel bones found in tunnel near Dawson City, 2003. (Image ©Grant Zazula/Duane Froese)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/spermophilus_parryii_eating_mushroom.jpgSpermophilus_parryii_(eating_mushroom)"Spermophilus parryii (eating mushroom)" by Ianaré Sévi - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spermophilus_parryii_(eating_mushroom).jpg#/media/File:Spermophilus_parryii_(eating_mushroom).jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/squirrel_mummy.jpgSquirrel_Mummy"Squirrel Mummy" by Ryan Somma - Squirrel MummyUploaded by FunkMonk. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Squirrel_Mummy.jpg#/media/File:Squirrel_Mummy.jpg2016-08-04T21:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/01/22/lost-as-the-moa-is-lost/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/euryapteryx.jpgEuryapteryxhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/rimg0071.jpgRIMG0071Unicodehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p13655cmu.jpgp13655cmuMoa rockshelterhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moa_foot.jpgMoa_footMummified foothttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moaupland.jpgMoauplandMummified headhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kapua_swamp.jpgKapua_SwampSome Victorian New Zealanders "excavating" a moa swamp. The bones are piled all about. Public Domain Image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moa_footprints.jpgMoa_footprintshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dinornis1387.jpgDinornis1387Richard Owen and a Dinornis moa. He holds in his hand the bone from which he first deduced the existence of moa in New Zealand. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/natural_history_museum_london_moa_bone_fragment.jpgNatural_History_Museum,_London,_moa_bone_fragmenthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dinornis_robustus_south_island_giant_moa_-_three_quarter_view_on_black_yorym_2004_20.jpgDinornis_robustus,_South_Island_Giant_Moa_-_three_quarter_view_on_black_YORYM_2004_202016-08-04T21:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/02/09/mini-beasts-giants-and-mega-floods/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/untitled.pnguntitledA wonderful illustration (Image reproduced with permission, adapted from Colliers et al 2015)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/happisburgh_handaxe.jpgHappisburgh_handaxeThe gorgeous 500,000 year old hand axe found at Happisburgh. (Image from https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/uk_happisburgh_c-_800000_bp_en-svg.pngUK_Happisburgh_c._800000_BP_EN.svgAround 800,000 years agoBritain was joined to mainland Europe. Happisburgh lay at the end of the ancient River Thames (which lay much more north than today). (Image by Wiki User, Phil88, Public Domain)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eacaedab-8003-4816-949c-bda18144c5bd.jpgeacaedab-8003-4816-949c-bda18144c5bdhead shield of Helophorus strigifrons. (Image by Francis Rowney, Plymouth University).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f7b1cbad-7b1e-4f2c-8b90-15cdc2b1d6e3.jpgf7b1cbad-7b1e-4f2c-8b90-15cdc2b1d6e3A sample formsfsfds2016-08-04T21:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/02/19/ice-age-mammals-in-batmans-house/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/twilightbeasts-fig-5_jb.jpgTwilightBeasts Fig.5_JBMyself (left) and the NOTNH curator of natural science Adam Smith (right) with our poster on our work on Creswell Crags at the Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting 2015 in Cardiff. (Photo Courtesy of @adamstuartsmith)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/twilightbeasts-fig-4_jb.jpgTwilightBeasts Fig.4_JBSpotted hyaena (Crocuta sp.) upper jaw with a lower jaw tooth ‘shoved in’ from (A) side view (B) bottom view. Arrows denote the lower jaw tooth pointing in the wrong direction. Adapted Photos Courtesy of Jane Ford.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/twilightbeasts-fig-3_jb.jpgTwilightBeasts Fig.3_JBSome of my favourite Creswell Crags specimens whilst volunteering at the NOTNH. Including a (A) Megaloceros sp. molar (B) bear (Ursus sp.) canine, (C) woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta sp.) molar, (D) wild horse (Equus sp.), (E) reindeer (Rangifer sp.) metacarpal. All scales bars 1cm. All photos adapted from Bestwick & Smith (2015). https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/twilightbeasts-fig-2_jb.jpgTwilightBeasts Fig.2_JBNottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall. The Creswell Crags fossils are currently stored in the ‘Geology Tower’. Photo Courtesy of @adamstuartsmithhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/twilightbeasts-fig-1_jb.jpgTwilightBeasts Fig.1_JB3D Recreation of what Creswell Crags may have looked around 60,000 years ago, complete with cave hyaenas and mammoths Courtesy of Creswell Crags Heritage Trust (B) Creswell Crags today during a snowy winter. Courtesy of @JackBaddams 2016-08-04T21:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/03/04/going-underground/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scelidodon_capellini_milodc3b2ntid_museu_de_cic3a8ncies_naturals_de_valc3a8ncia.jpgScelidodon_capellini,_milodòntid,_Museu_de_Ciències_Naturals_de_ValènciaScelidodon capellini, milodòntid, Río de la Plata, Museu de Ciències Naturals de València.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/megalonyx_clean.pngMegalonyx_Cleanfasgsdgsdfhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/frank-et-al-2013008.jpgFrank et al 2013008gsdgdghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/frank-et-al-2013007.jpgFrank et al 2013007fgsadgsdhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/frank-et-al-2013004.jpgFrank et al 2013004gsdfgsdgd2022-06-20T23:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/03/21/the-bear-from-clare-new-evidence-for-an-early-human-presence-in-late-pleistocene-ireland/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/megaceros-low-res-1.jpgmegaceros-low-res-1The magnificent Irish Elk. Neither Irish, nor an elk, this giant was a common herbivore in Ireland until relatively recently. (Image by Tabitha Patterson)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bearbone3.jpgBearBone3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/screenshot_20.jpgThe patella itselfThe cuts are clearly visible herehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/irishcavebones_drawer1-1-of-1.jpgIrishCaveBones_drawer1 (1 of 1)Little boxes.. of hidden treasure!2016-08-04T21:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/04/25/doing-the-crawl/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swimming-sloth-sillhouette.jpgSwimming sloth sillhouetteThe large, swimming, slothhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sloth-bones.pngsloth-bonesTime-calibrated Phylogenyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/muizon3.jpgMuizon3Premaxillaehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/muizon2.jpgMuizon2Mandibleshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/amson.jpgAmsonThalassocnushttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/thalassocnus-mandibles.jpgThalassocnus mandibles2016-08-04T21:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/04/27/small-but-mighty/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/horned-gopher-sillouette.jpghorned gopher sillouetteSmall but deadlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/f4-large.jpgF4.largeReasons why Ceratogaulus could not have been very successful at shifting earth with those horns - ouch! ( from Hopkins 2005)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cerato-from-berkely.jpgImage from http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/museumhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ceratogaulus_rhinoceros_by_paleopastori-d8ni2oa.jpgceratogaulus_rhinoceros_by_paleopastori-d8ni2oaImage from PalaeoPastori on Deviant Art2016-08-04T21:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/04/29/meet-long-tusk/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/massive-tusks-and-rey.jpgmassive tusks and reyMeet Long Tusk. One of the largest land mammals, possibly boasting the largest tusks of any animal. Rey is dwarfed by it's size. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/zygolophodon_distribution-svg.pngZygolophodon_distribution.svgThe distribrution of https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/xavliodontes.jpgXavliodontesTwo enormous tusks found in Greecehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/evolution_of_proboscidea_by_t_pekc.jpgevolution_of_proboscidea_by_t_pekcThe variety of proboscideans (Artworks by Vladimir Nikolov. Editing and digital work by Docho Dochev.)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1280px-elephas_maximus_bandipur.jpg1280px-Elephas_maximus_(Bandipur)A beautiful Asian Elephant (Image by Yathin S Krishnappa, Public Domain)2016-08-04T21:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/06/14/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-a-true-story-of-the-real-palaeolithic-diet/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/steppe_bison_mummy.jpgSteppe_bison_mummyThe incredible body of Blue Babe. (Image by https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jarkov.jpgjarkovThe Jarkov Mammoth, in its ice cavern, preserved for the future. Image from sentinelles.liberation.frhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/blue-babe.jpgblue babehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/business-insider-co-id.jpgbusiness insider.co.idInside the Explorers Club, where members paid far too much money to eat sea turtle, believing it to be mammoth and megatherium! Image from businessinsider.co.id2016-08-04T21:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/06/20/in-patagonia/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p1010027_smiloall.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASelection of Smilodon populator bones from Mylodon Cave. Image, author's own.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mylodon_darwini_-_skin_droppings_and_toenails.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/981258_10151417282026198_1151323798_o.jpg981258_10151417282026198_1151323798_ohttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mylodon_model.jpgMylodon_modelLife-size model of Mylodon darwinii at the mouth of Mylodon cave.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mylodon_cave.jpgMylodon_cave2016-09-22T09:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/06/30/amidst-the-footsteps-of-giants-what-beetles-can-tell-us-about-the-past/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mcr1.jpgMCRHow the mutual climatic range (MCR) method of reconstructing past climates works. (Image by the author, after Elias 2010)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/beetle.jpgBEETLEA fossil clypeus (head plate), 1mm long and over 600,000 years old, of Helophorus strigifrons (above), and a complete modern specimen of H. strigifrons from the collections at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (Images by the author)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/russel-cope.jpgRUSSEL COPEProfessor Russell Coope, working in his home study during retirement (Image courtesy of AHOB and Sarah Lazarus)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/s_calpoly_best2.jpgs_calpoly_best2Beetle diversityis astonising and beautiful (Image Clarke Thompson)2017-04-28T14:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/07/13/on-the-origins-of-our-species/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/denisova_phalanx_distalis.jpgDenisova_Phalanx_distalisThe tiny fragmenthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/skhul.jpgSkhulSkhul/Quafzeh Skull number 5 https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/homo_sapiens_idaltu.jpgHomo_Sapiens_IdaltuOne of the earlierst Homo sapiens fossils, the https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/figure1.jpgFigure1The fossilshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1024px-pithecanthropus_erectus-petermaas_naturalis.jpg1024px-Pithecanthropus_erectus-PeterMaas_NaturalisOriginal fossils of 'Java Man'. The thick broken skull at the back, with the (Image 2016-08-16T19:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/08/04/when-life-gives-you-lemmings/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vostok_petit_data_svg.pngVostok_Petit_data_svgThe temperatuehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tunturisopuli_lemmus_lemmus.jpgTunturisopuli_Lemmus_LemmusLemmus lemmushttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/amiga_lemmings.pngAmiga_LemmingsA screen shot from the Amega version of Lemmins. (image Public Domain)2016-09-06T21:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/guest-posts-2/2020-08-16T18:23:28+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/23/nice-beaver/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/beaver-and-rey.jpgBeaver and ReyThe Giant Beaver was a giant. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/beaver.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOne model of the Giant Beaver. (Image by Ross Barnett)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/younger-dryas.pngyounger dryasGraph illustrating the dip in temperature about 1 (Image from here “Younger Dryas temperature variation”作者Iceage_time-slice_hg.png: Hannes Grobe/AWIderivative work: Alexchris (talk) - Iceage_time-slice_hg.png。来自維基共享資源 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Younger_Dryas_temperature_variation.png#/media/File:Younger_Dryas_temperature_variation.png根据知识共享 署名 3.0授权)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/clovis_rummells_maske.jpgClovis_Rummells_MaskeBeautifully intricate Clovis points (image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpgGiant-beaver-fieldmuseumThe skeleton of teh Giant Beaver (Castoroides ). Image by Steven G. Johnson from here)2016-06-13T08:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/02/clan-of-the-cave-hyena/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hyena-and-rey.jpgHyena and ReyThe spotted hyena is a larrge carnivorehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hyenas-low-res.jpgHyenas low resA family of hyenas.2017-07-10T23:52:58+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/04/to-worship-the-lion/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cave-lion-and-rey.jpgCave lion and ReyCave lions were around 30% larger than modern African lions. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/figure-1.jpgFigure 1Range of lions since the Pleistocene. Image by Ross Barnetthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lions_painting_chauvet_cave_museum_replica.jpgLions_painting,_Chauvet_Cave_(museum_replica)Pride of cave lions from Chauvet cave. Public domain image.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/loewenmensch1.jpgLoewenmensch1Löwenmensch from Hohlenstein-Stadel. Image by Dagmar Hollmann via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cavelion.jpgcavelionSketch of a pride of Cave lions. Note the lack of manes on the big standing male. (Art by Tabitha Paterson)2016-03-11T10:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/10/10/the-pouched-lion/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thylacleo-and-rey.jpgThylacleo and ReyThe marsupial lion (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thylacoleo_bw.jpgThylacoleo_BWReconstruction of Thylacoleo by Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/thylacoleo_carnifex_cave_art.jpgThylacoleo_carnifex_cave_artThe unusual rock art claimed as Thylacoleo. Image from Ackerman and Willing.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/journal-pone-0052957-g004.pngjournal.pone.0052957.g004https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/owenthylacoleo.jpgowenthylacoleoThe mandible of Thylacoleo, showing the incredible shearing molar.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/owen_thyacoleoskull.jpgOwen_thyacoleoskull2016-03-10T21:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/16/the-long-reign-of-terror/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/terror-bird-and-rey.jpgTerror Bird and ReyA giant bird (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/titanis07db.jpgTitanis07DBIllustration of https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cariama_cristata.jpgCariama_cristata"Cariama cristata". Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cariama_cristata.jpg#/media/File:Cariama_cristata.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/terror-bird.pngterror birdFederico J. Degrange, Claudia P. Tambussi, Karen Moreno, Lawrence M. Witmer, Stephen Wroe - Degrange FJ, Tambussi CP, Moreno K, Witmer LM, Wroe S (2010) Mechanical Analysis of Feeding Behavior in the Extinct "Terror Bird" Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae). PLoS ONE 5(8): e11856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011856.g001 Skull of the terror bird Andalgalornis steulleti (FMNH P1435). A, dorsal view, B, ventral view, and C, left lateral view, based on volume rendering of CT scan data. Fossil bone is shown in light brown, and rock matrix and plaster restoration are shown in grey.2016-06-01T13:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/30/crash-of-the-titans/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/woolly-rhino-and-rey.jpgWoolly rhino and Reyfadfa (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/220px-rhinocc3a9ros_grotte_chauvet.jpg220px-Rhinocéros_grotte_ChauvetA glorious cave painting of a woolly rhinoeros. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wooly_rhinoceros.jpgWooly_rhinocerosA Woolly Rhinoceros standing proudly by Charles Knight. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/distribution_of_woolly_rhino.pngDistribution_of_woolly_rhinoThe distribrution of the Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) (Image from here)2017-03-30T03:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/10/08/the-dragon-down-under/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/megalania-and-rey.jpgmegalania and ReyThis is a more conservative estimate of Megalania (IMage by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/extant_monitor_lizards-megalania_size.pngExtant_Monitor_lizards-Megalania_SIZETwo possible sizes of Megalina (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/varanus_priscus_melbourne_museum.jpgVaranus_priscus_Melbourne_MuseumA classic photo of a reconstructed skeleton of Varanus priscus at the Melbourne Museum (Image from here)2016-03-10T21:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/13/the-one-with-the-sabretooth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/smilodon-and-rey.jpgSmilodon and ReyThe size of Smilondon compared with Rey shows just how big this cat would have been. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bfk60kzciaab7rp.jpgBfK60KzCIAAB7RpSmilodon opening wide. The cat could open its jaws to 120º (Painting by Tabitha Paterson)2019-08-18T12:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/04/28/the-forgotten-sabretooth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/homotherium-and-rey.jpgHomotherium and ReyThe European sabretooth was a large, stocky cat, with noticably shorter canines than the American sabretooths. (Image by Jan Freedman)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/homotherium-tp-low-res1.jpghomotherium tp LOW RESHomotherium latidens.2016-03-10T21:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/02/the-bear-necessities/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cave-bear-and-rey.jpgcave bear and ReyThe Cave Bear was a very big species of bear! https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/spelaeusnests.jpgspelaeusnestshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/spelaeusscratches.jpgspelaeusscratcheshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/spelaeusfootprints.jpgSpelaeusfootprintshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ours_des_carvernes_-_cracc82ne.jpgOurs_des_carvernes_-_Crânehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/787px-de_nyeste_kunstretninger_og_smitsomme_sindslidelser-vc3a6gtegning_i_combarelles.png787px-De_nyeste_Kunstretninger_og_smitsomme_Sindslidelser-Vægtegning_i_Combarelleshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ursus_spelaeus_by_serchio25.jpgursus_spelaeus_by_serchio25Reconstruction of a European Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) by Sergiodlarosa 2016-03-10T21:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2016/02/03/how-do-you-weigh-a-dodo/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fig-1-2x.jpgfig-1-2xFROM bRASSEY ET AL, 2016https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo-1605.jpgdodo 1605By Carolius Clusius, after van Neck - http://julianhume.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/History-of-the-dodo-Hume.pdf, Public Domain, $3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo-1601.jpgDodo 1601By Creator:Joris Joostensz Laerle - Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Archieven van de Compagnieën op Oost-Indië 1.04.01 inventorynumber 136, Public Domain, $3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo-1625.jpgdodo 1625Dodo among Indian birds, by Ustad Mansur, c. 1625; perhaps the most accurahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo-1617.jpgdodo 1617By Pieter van den Broecke (d. 1640), ascribed to printmaker Adriaen Matham. Etching, engraving. - http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-75.463/verschillende-lokale-diersoorten-waaronder-een-dodo-1624, Public Domain, $3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo-1634.jpgdodo 1634 1634 by Sir Thomas Herbert,https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dodo.pngDodoBy Frederick William Frohawk (16 July 1861 - 10 December 1946), an English zoological artist and lepidopterist. - Transferred from Commons. Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (http://www.archive.org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth), PD-US, $3https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/postosuchus_kirkpatricki.jpgPostosuchus_kirkpatrickiA pretty big (Image by FunkMonk on Wiki)2016-02-05T01:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/12/31/2015-a-review-of-the-beasts/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cuwbhvo.jpgcuwbHvo-A very christmassy Twilight Beasts logo. (Art by Tabitha Paterson)2016-01-07T20:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/18/land-of-the-giants/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/deinotherium_antipa_bucharest.jpgDeinotherium_Antipa_BucharestDeinotherium giganteum skeleton in Bucharest, Romania, By Flavius70 from Wikimedia commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eafrica.gifEAfricaThe complex East African Rift Valley system. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elephant-evolution1.gifELEPHANT EVOLUTIONThe evolutionary tree of teh elephants. Deinotherium split off fairly early, around 20 million years ago. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/800px-deinotherium12.jpg800px-Deinotherium12A wonderful illustration of Deinotherium showing it perculiar long legs, backwards curving tusks and thick trunk. (Image from here)2015-12-12T19:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/05/30/forever-young/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/key_deer_jcb.jpgKey_Deer_JCB"Key Deer JCB" by Joseph C Boone - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Key_Deer_JCB.jpg#/media/File:Key_Deer_JCB.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/heads.gifheadsLorenz: Studies in Animal and Human Behavior, Volume II.)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpgSapiens_neanderthal_comparisonModern human skull n teh left compared to the more robust skull of a Neanderthal on teh right. (Image "Sapiens neanderthal comparison" by hairymuseummatt - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmnh/3033749380/. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpg#/media/File:Sapiens_neanderthal_comparison.jpg)2018-09-12T12:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/06/05/the-last-trumpet-of-a-giant/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a_mammoth_hunt.jpgA_Mammoth_Hunt"A Mammoth Hunt" by J. Steeple Davis - https://archive.org/stream/childrensstories01wrig#page/n9/mode/2up. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Mammoth_Hunt.jpg#/media/File:A_Mammoth_Hunt.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/north_american_mammoth_map.jpgNorth_American_mammoth_map"North American mammoth map" by FunkMonk - Own work, based on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-Americas.svg. Licensed under CC0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_American_mammoth_map.jpg#/media/File:North_American_mammoth_map.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mammuthus.jpgMammuthus"Mammuthus" by Fun-dan - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mammuthus.jpg#/media/File:Mammuthus.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/columbian_mammoth.jpgColumbian_mammoth"Columbian mammoth" by WolfmanSF - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbian_mammoth.JPG#/media/File:Columbian_mammoth.JPG2015-11-29T17:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/11/dire-times-for-bone-crushing-dogs/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/800px-borophagus_diversidens.jpg800px-Borophagus_diversidensFossils of Borophagus diversidens. The premolars are huge, (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/borophagus_knight.jpgBorophagus_KnightA gorgeous illustration of Borophagus (possibly B. diversidens). Illustrated by the ultra talented palaeoartist Charles Knight in 1902. (Image from here)2015-10-12T21:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/10/05/the-first-mammoth-of-the-steppes/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/west-runton-055.jpgWest Runton 055An original photograph from the 1995 excavation of the West Runton Mammoth. (Image reproduced with kind permission from Norfolk Museum Service [Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery])https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/steppe_mammoth.jpgSteppe_mammoth"Steppe mammoth" by Davide Meloni - Al tempo dei MammutUploaded by FunkMonk. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steppe_mammoth.jpg#/media/File:Steppe_mammoth.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mammuthus.jpgMammuthusImage Public Domain2015-10-09T05:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/09/25/we-are-made-of-star-stuff/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sky-news.jpgSKY NEWSRising Star and me on the news! (Credit NBC Nightly News, photo inset credit Elen Feuerriegel)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/announcment.jpgANNOUNCMENTThe announcement of the Homo naledi fossils took place at Maropeng under much fanfare. (Image Credit: University of the Witwatersrand)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/john-hawks5.jpgJOHN HAWKS5Peter Schmid documents fossils in the Science Tent, while John Hawks looks on. (Image K Lindsay Hunter)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/in-cave.jpgIN CAVEMe taking a hard look at a fossil just excavated. (Image Credit: Rising Star Expedition)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/command-centre2.jpgCOMMAND CENTRE2Advance underground scientists excavate the Dinaledi Chamber under the watchful eye of Lee Berger in the Command Tent. (Image by K Lindsay Hunter)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/press.jpgPRESSRising Star Expedition Facebook ad posted on social media by Lee Berger around October 7 2013. (Credit: Facebook, Lee R. Berger)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/steve.jpgSTEVEThe Steven and Rick Show: Steven Tucker hands Rick Hunter a bag of peanuts after first dingling him in the face with them during the expedition. (Image by K Lindsay Hunter)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/star-hand.jpgSTAR HANDNaledi: A beautiful name for one of paleoanthropology's rising stars. (Image by K Lindsay Hunter)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hand.jpgHANDTHE HAKNSDFKShttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/comparison_of_skull_features_of_homo_naledi_and_other_early_human_species.jpgComparison_of_skull_features_of_Homo_naledi_and_other_early_human_species"Comparison of skull features of Homo naledi and other early human species" by Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom - Stringer, Chris (10 September 2015). "The many mysteries of Homo naledi". eLife 4: e10627. DOI:10.7554/eLife.10627. PMC: 4559885. ISSN 2050-084X.. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_skull_features_of_Homo_naledi_and_other_early_human_species.jpg#/media/File:Comparison_of_skull_features_of_Homo_naledi_and_other_early_human_species.jpg2015-09-30T19:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/02/25/when-is-an-aardvark-not-an-aardvark-when-its-from-madgascar/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lowland_streaked_tenrec_mantadia_madagascar.jpgLowland_Streaked_Tenrec,_Mantadia,_MadagascarLowland streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus). Image by Frank Vassen via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/790px-lowland_streaked_tenrec_masoala_national_park_madagascar_2.jpg790px-Lowland_Streaked_Tenrec,_Masoala_National_Park,_Madagascar_2Lowland streaked tenrechttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bundesarchiv_bild_105-doa0083_deutsch-ostafrika_erlegtes_erdferkel.jpgDeutsch-Ostafrika, Erlegtes ErdferkelThe Aardvark. Public domain imagehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/plesio2.jpgplesio2https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/plesio.jpgplesio2015-09-25T19:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/03/25/overkill/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hydrodamalis.jpghydrodamalisHydrodamalis gigas rib collected on Bering island showing evidence of pathology. Likely the result of spearing with a 3-pronged harpoon that the individual recovered from. Image from Burdin 2012https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/em_-_hydrodamalis_gigas_model.jpgEm_-_Hydrodamalis_gigas_modelReconstruction of Hydrodamalis gigas based on Steller's account of the living animal. Image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hydrodamalis_gigas_skeleton_-_finnish_museum_of_natural_history_-_dsc04529.jpgHydrodamalis_gigas_skeleton_-_Finnish_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_DSC04529Skeleton of Hydrodamalis gigas from Bering island in the Helsink museum. Image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f1-large.jpgF1.largeMap of islands of the Bering strait where Hydrodamalis gigas remains have been found. Image from Crerar et al.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/800px-commander_islands_map_-_russian.png800px-Commander_Islands_Map_-_RussianMap of Kamchatka and2016-01-17T22:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/06/23/a-prickly-giant-with-a-very-long-tongue/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zookeys-255-103-g002.jpgZooKeys-255-103-g002https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/266x188-zaglossus.jpg266x188-zaglossusThe Giant 2015-07-28T21:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/05/21/the-dreams-of-dogs/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/xenocyon_falconeri_2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABeautiful lower jaw of "Xenocyon falconeri 2" by Ghedoghedo - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xenocyon_falconeri_2.JPG#/media/File:Xenocyon_falconeri_2.JPGhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wild_dog_kruger_national_park_south_africa2.jpgWild_Dog_Kruger_National_Park_South_AfricaA pack of African hunting dogs. ("Wild Dog Kruger National Park South Africa" by Bart Swanson(Bkswanson) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_Dog_Kruger_National_Park_South_Africa.jpg#/media/File:Wild_Dog_Kruger_National_Park_South_Africa.jpg)2015-05-30T13:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/05/14/a-tiny-twilight-beast-in-a-world-of-giants/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bristol-zoo-southern-pudu-arp.jpgBristol.zoo.southern.pudu.arp"Bristol.zoo.southern.pudu.arp" by Adrian Pingstone - Photographed by Adrian Pingstone. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bristol.zoo.southern.pudu.arp.jpg#/media/File:Bristol.zoo.southern.pudu.arp.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baby-pudu_puda_02.jpgbaby Pudu_puda_02A teeny tiny Pudu fawn. 2015-06-11T20:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/05/07/the-old-world-jaguar/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/800px-panthera_toscana.jpg800px-Panthera_toscanaItalian Panthera gombaszoegensis skull. Photograph by Ghedoghedo, image via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/african_leopard_5.jpgAfrican_Leopard_5https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/800px-panthera_onca.jpg800px-Panthera_oncaPanthera onca. Photographed in Argentina by Lea Maimone. Image via Wikimedia Commons2020-08-24T01:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/05/01/neanderthals-and-us-were-not-so-different/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/range_of_homo_neanderthalensis.pngRange_of_Homo_neanderthalensisA nice illustration showing the range of Hoo neanderthalensis. (Image "Range of Homo neanderthalensis" by I, Ryulong. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Range_of_Homo_neanderthalensis.png#/media/File:Range_of_Homo_neanderthalensis.png)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ice_age_temperature.pngIce_Age_TemperatureBy measuring different Oxygen isotopes, we can work out the climate of the past. (Image "Ice Age Temperature". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_Age_Temperature.png#/media/File:Ice_Age_Temperature.png)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/skeleton_and_restoration_model_of_neanderthal_la_ferrassie_1.jpgSkeleton_and_restoration_model_of_Neanderthal_La_Ferrassie_1A complete skeleton of Neanderthal, with a model next to it. (Image "Skeleton and restoration model of Neanderthal La Ferrassie 1" by Photaro - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeleton_and_restoration_model_of_Neanderthal_La_Ferrassie_1.jpg#/media/File:Skeleton_and_restoration_model_of_Neanderthal_La_Ferrassie_1.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/neandertal_1856.jpgNeandertal_1856The type specimen of Homo nenaderthalensis. (Image Public Domain)2018-11-13T18:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/03/05/giant-vampires-in-south-america/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/skull.jpgskullComparisons of the fossil skulls of Desmodus draculae (on the left) alongside the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus (on the right). (Illustrations by Jan Freedman, based on the Figures in Morgan et al. 1988)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/skulls.jpgskullsComparisons of the fossil skulls of Desmodus draculae (on the left) alongside the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) (on the right). (Illustrations by Jan Freedman, based on https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vampire_bat_skeleton_face.jpgVampire_bat_skeleton_faceThe skull of a Common Vampire Bat (). Check out those front inciors! (Image by "Vampire bat skeleton face" by Mokele - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vampire_bat_skeleton_face.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Vampire_bat_skeleton_face.jpg from here)2017-04-18T01:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/29/who-were-the-denisovans-anyway/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/denisova7.pngdenisova7Tooth from Denisova cave. Image from Reichs et al.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/turist_den-peschera_cut.jpgTurist_den-peschera_cuthttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gene-flow.jpggene flowGene Flow from an Unknown Ancient Population (Image from Birney & Pritchard, 2014).2015-07-29T13:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/27/side-by-side-by-homo/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/human-evolution-tree.pnghuman evolution treeThe several species of hominins through time (Image from Wiki Commons)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nutcracker-man.jpgNutcracker manThe impressive skull of 'Nutcracker man' ("Paranthropus boisei skull" by Durova - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paranthropus_boisei_skull.jpg#/media/File:Paranthropus_boisei_skull.jpg From here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/paranthropus-boisei-nairobi.jpgParanthropus-boisei-Nairobi"Paranthropus-boisei-Nairobi" by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen - Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paranthropus-boisei-Nairobi.JPG#/media/File:Paranthropus-boisei-Nairobi.JPG2015-04-28T12:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/11/a-sticky-end-for-the-monster-birds/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tar-pits.jpgtar pitsA classic illustration of La Brea Tar Pits. "Smilodon and Canis dirus" by Robert Bruce Horsfall - http://archive.org/stream/historyoflandmam00scot#page/n9/mode/2up. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smilodon_and_Canis_dirus.jpg#/media/File:Smilodon_and_Canis_dirus.jpghttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/geologic_map_california.jpgGeologic_map_CaliforniaA simple geological map of California. The different colours highlight the different rock types. (Image from USGS, Public Domain).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/teratornis_skull.jpgTeratornis_skullThe incredible skull of Teratornis (Image by https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dire_wolf_skulls_la_brea_2005-08-01.jpgDire_Wolf_Skulls_La_Brea_2005-08-01Incredible display of hundreds of Dire Wolf skulls at La Brea Tar Pits. (Image by 2015-04-17T21:08:42+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/04/02/the-last-giant-deer/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/horse-elk.jpghorse elkA rather wonderful, if slightly bizarre, horse decorated as a deer. A Giant Deer perhaps? (Image from https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/table-of-dates.jpgtable of dateshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/map.jpgmapThe long (image from )https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/siberia-map.gifsiberia mapThe extensive frozen Siberian landscape. (Image from WorldAtlas)2015-11-29T18:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/03/18/the-strangest-animals-ever-discovered/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/picture2.jpgPicture2An early draft of teh (Image reproduced with kind permission from Matthew Collins)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/toxodon-platensis-1-0-c2a9-peter-schouten.jpgToxodon platensis 1.0 © Peter SchoutenAnalysis of collagen preserved in fossils reveals that the unusual native ungulates of South America (such as Toxodon platensis, seen here) were more closely related to perissodactyls (horses and their allies) than to other extant placentals. (Illustration © Peter Schouten)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/voyage_of_the_beagle.jpgVoyage_of_the_BeagleThe route of the 2nd Voyage of the HMS Beagle. (Image "Voyage of the Beagle" by WEBMASTER at the German language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voyage_of_the_Beagle.jpg#/media/File:Voyage_of_the_Beagle.jpg from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/litoptern.jpglitopternA herd of wonderfully weird Litopterns. (Art by Tabitha Paterson)2022-03-11T03:02:16+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/03/12/the-islands-of-the-lost-fowl/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hawaii-map-pacific.jpghawaii-map-pacificA fun map of the Hawaii islands, (Public Domain image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/duck.jpgduckA very cute looking giant duck with the odd shaped 'turtle' beak. (Reconstruction by Carl Buell. Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hawaii_hotspot_cross-sectional_diagram.jpgHawaii_hotspot_cross-sectional_diagramThe neverending magma being pushed out from teh belly of teh Earth. This disagram illustrated (Image from here: "Hawaii hotspot cross-sectional diagram" by Joel E. Robinson, USGS. - Cropped from the 108 MB PDF file available here and described here.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawaii_hotspot_cross-sectional_diagram.jpg#/media/File:Hawaii_hotspot_cross-sectional_diagram.jpg)2015-10-29T18:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/02/18/just-like-the-weather/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted8-small.jpgTED8 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted7-small.jpgTED7 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted6-small.jpgTED6 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted5-small.jpgTED5 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted4-small.jpgTED4 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted3-small.jpgTED3 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted2-small.jpgTED2 SMALLhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted1-small.jpgTED1 SMALL2015-03-28T18:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/01/02/the-bizarre-elongated-llama/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/litoptern.jpglitopternA small herd of the strange looking lip. Art by Tabitha Paterson.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trunkless-mac.jpgtrunkless MacSome belive that Mac didnt have a trunk, just a nose high on the head. Some of the giant suropod dinosaurs (like Diplodicus and Brachiosaurus) had nasal openings high up on the head, but palaeontologists don' think that these giant dinosaurs had trunks). Imag eby Vlad https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/phorusracidae-1.pngPhorusracidae (1)Two big South American Terror Birds (Phorusrhacidae). (Image by Roberto Díaz Sibaja. Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/macrauchenia.jpgMacraucheniaBeautiful illustration of the bizare looking (Image by Kobrina Olga from here)2015-02-15T13:02:00+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/02/12/down-the-rabbit-hole/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tunisia_-_sicily_-_south_italy.jpgTunisia_-_Sicily_-_South_ItalyThe 'boot' of Italy and the 'ball of Scicily in the Meditteranean Sea. To the South of Scicily, you can make out a small island. This is Malta. (Image "Tunisia - Sicily - South Italy" by NASA, cropped by DrFO.Jr.Tn - NASA website. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tunisia_-_Sicily_-_South_Italy.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Tunisia_-_Sicily_-_South_Italy.jpg from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/richard_lydekker.jpgRichard_LydekkerA stern looking Richard (Image from Wikipedia Commons here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/msc_basin_hypotheses-svg.pngMSC_basin_hypotheses.svg(Image by from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dormouse.jpgDormouseThe very cute little Dormouse () which lives in Africa today. (Image by "Graphiurus spec -murinus-1" by H. Osadnik - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Graphiurus_spec_-murinus-1.jpg from here)2017-03-14T15:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/02/05/a-big-ass-kangaroo/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sthenurus.jpgSthenurusThe extremely large teeth of an unknown Sthenurus species. Not too dissimilar to Proctodon goliah. (Image "Sthenurus" by Enlil Ninlil2 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sthenurus.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Sthenurus.jpg From here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/procoptodonau.jpgprocoptodonAUThe Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo on an Australian stamp. Note the rather big and sharp claw on the foot, and the elongated fingers. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kangaroo-skull.gifkangaroo skullA detailed illustration of the Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo skull. (Image from Prideaux et al, 2008)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/541px-australia_orthographic_projection-svg.png541px-Australia_(orthographic_projection).svg"Australia (orthographic projection)" by Ssolbergj - Own work,This vector image was created with Inkscape.Aquarius.geomar.de. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_(orthographic_projection).svg#mediaviewer/File:Australia_(orthographic_projection).svg 2015-02-07T13:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/04/the-most-lonely-places/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mus_nat_hist_nat_25022013_aepyornis_egg.jpgMus_Nat_Hist_Nat_25022013_Aepyornis_eggAepyornis egg in the MNHN, Paris. Public Domainhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/aepyornis_maximus.jpgAepyornis_maximusAepyornis maximus skeleton and egg2015-06-09T14:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/01/22/joseph-leidys-atrocious-baby/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20090619040747-panthera_leo_atrox_sergiodlarosa.jpg20090619040747! Panthera_leo_atrox_SergiodlarosaAmerican lion reconstruction by Sergiodlarosa via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6339_american__cave__african_lion_big.jpg6339_american__cave__african_lion_bigBottom to top: African lion (Panthera leo), cave lion (Panthera spelaea), American lion (Panthera atrox)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/panthera-atrox-skull-illustration.jpgPanthera-atrox-skull-illustrationhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/panthera_skull_atroxrlb.jpgpanthera_skull_atroxRLBhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/jos_leidy_museum.jpgJos_Leidy_MuseumStatue of Joseph Leidy, holding the Natchez jaw in his left hand.2015-10-26T12:10:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/01/30/the-gentle-giant/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/palaeopropithecus_maximus_skull_5.jpgPalaeopropithecus_maximus_skull_5The fossil skull of another extinct lemur, Palaeopropithicus maximus. There is evidence that humans hunted some lemur species. Image by "Palaeopropithecus maximus skull 5" by Ghedoghedo (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lepilemur_sahamalazensis_c.pngLepilemur_sahamalazensis_cA beautiful "Lepilemur sahamalazensis c" by Lepilemur_sahamalazensis (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/archaeoindris_fontoynonti_667.jpgArchaeoindris_fontoynonti_667A cast of the only complete skull of the giant lemur, (Iamge by wiki member Ghedo, from here)2015-01-30T16:56:13+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/04/30/an-elk-that-wasnt-an-elk/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/megaceros-low-res-1.jpgmegaceros low res (1)A proud, handsome male Megaloceros giganteus standing protectively over his mate.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/megaceros-group-1.jpgMegaceros group (1)A herd of the giant Megaloceros giganteus.2018-01-13T19:04:03+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/01/14/a-very-english-panda/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1024px-ailurusfulgenssmit.jpg1024px-AilurusFulgensSmitAilurus fulgens doing what it does best: eating. Public domain image.https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ailurus_fulgens_skull_at_the_beaty_biodiversity_museum.jpgAilurus_fulgens_skull_at_the_Beaty_Biodiversity_MuseumAilurus fulgens skull. Photo by Eviatar Blech via Wikimedia Commonshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1024px-ailurus_fulgens_-_syracuse_zoo.jpg1024px-Ailurus_fulgens_-_Syracuse_ZooThe Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)2016-06-13T17:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2015/01/08/paddingtons-dangerous-cousin/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/800px-spectacled_bear_-_buffalo_zoo.jpg800px-Spectacled_Bear_-_Buffalo_ZooThe relatively cuddly spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/osoandino.jpgOsoandinoThe relatively cuddly spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/arctodus_simus_sergiodlarosa.jpgArctodus_simus_SergiodlarosaArctodus simus by Sergiodlarosa via Wikimedia Commons2015-03-21T07:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/16/the-lolloping-shovel-mouth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/640px-great_american_biotic_interchange_examples-svg.png640px-Great_American_Biotic_Interchange_examples.svgThe Great American Interchange. As North an South America (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cuvieronius.jpgCuvieroniusGorgeous Gompothere. (Image from here)2014-12-31T13:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/31/2014-in-review/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/homotherium-tp-low-res.jpghomotherium tp LOW RES2014-12-31T10:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/24/twas-the-night-before-christmas/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/weichsel-wc3bcrm-glaciation.pngWeichsel-Würm-GlaciationA nice illustration of teh extent of the Ice Sheets during the last Glacial period of the Pleistocene. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/swimmingreindeer_l.jpgswimmingreindeer_lIntricatly carved from fragile mammoth tusk, these two reindeer look as though they are swimming. (image from the British Museum)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rangifer_tarandus_map.pngRangifer_tarandus_mapThe modern day range of reindeer (and caribou). (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/reindeer.jpgreindeerA beautiful reindeer (Rangifer taradus). (Image from here)2014-12-26T12:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/12/16/shivas-beast/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dabousgiraffe.jpgDabousGiraffehttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sivatheriumlyd.jpgSivatheriumLydA wonderful old school illustration of Sivatherium, recreated to be a little moose like. Not the wonderful ornatment head. (Image from here).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/giraffe-on-a-lead-at-dabous-niger.jpggiraffe on a lead at DaBous Nigertedyrthdfjdtghjhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sivath.jpgsivathThe short necked, but super awesome Sivatherium.2021-01-22T02:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/18/mammoths/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mammoth_house_replica.jpgMammoth_House_(Replica)Replica hut made from woolly mammoth bones. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/distribution_of_woolly_mammoth.pngDistribution_of_woolly_mammothThe light green band show the extent of the range of the woolly mammoth. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lyuba.jpgLyubaThe beautifully preserved baby woolly mammoth, Lyuba. This is the best preserved mammoth so far discovered on the icy tundra of Siberia. (Image from here)2014-11-23T19:09:05+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/11/21/the-burrowers/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/m-americanum.jpgM americanumTo see the true size of Megatherium, here is that classic blue VW Beetle with (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/megatherum_db.jpgMegatherum_DBWhat's with the long tongue? One interpretation of Megatherium. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/megatherium_americanum_skeleton_nhm.jpgMegatherium_americanum_Skeleton_NHMThe truly awesome Goant Ground Sloth, Megatherium americanum (Image from here)2014-11-23T03:00:04+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/11/05/the-sabretooth-salmon/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/onchorhynchus_rastrosus_by_avancna-2.jpgOnchorhynchus_rastrosus_by_avancna (2)Not the greatest of images of the sabretooth salmon ever, but it shows the size of those big teeth. 2014-11-05T11:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/10/29/a-unicorn-out-of-the-twilight/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1280px-rhinocc3a9ros_grotte_chauvet.jpg1280px-Rhinocéros_grotte_ChauvetA painting of a woolly rhinoceros from Chauvet Cave, France. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/elasmotherium_cave_art.jpgElasmotherium_cave_artA tracing of (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/elasmotherium_1878.jpgElasmotherium_1878One of the first illustrations of Elasmotherium (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/elasmotherium_sibiricum_black.jpgElasmotherium_sibiricum_blackA more recent artists vision of the wonderful Steppe Rhinoceros. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/elasmotherium1.jpgElasmotherium1A lovely early illustration of Elasmotherium (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/northern_white_rhinoceros_angalifu.jpgNorthern_White_Rhinoceros_AngalifuA northern white rhino (mage from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rhino_sizes_english.pngRhino_sizes_EnglishThe truly awesome size of Elasmotherium (Image from here)2014-11-05T11:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/10/06/an-adorable-goofy-looking-giant/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1280pxdiprotodon_skull_jjron_29-11-2010.jpg1280pxDiprotodon_skull,_jjron,_29.11.2010A close up of a skeleton of Diprotodon skull. Those front prominent teeth are clearly visible. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/891px-diprotodon-human_size_comparison-svg.png891px-Diprotodon-Human_Size_comparison.svgCompared to a human, Diprotodon was a pretty big beast! (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/diprotodon11122.jpgDiprotodon11122The rather cute looking Diprotodon (Image from here)2014-10-06T12:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/09/20/an-elusive-giant/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/775px-gigantopithecus_v_human_v1-svg.png775px-Gigantopithecus_v_human_v1.svgA somewhat terrifyling silhouette of Gigantopitecus blacki (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/800px-gigantopithecus_blacki_mandible_010112.jpg800px-Gigantopithecus_blacki_mandible_010112An enormous cast of a Gigante black lower jaw. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sinathropus_pekinensis.jpgSinathropus_pekinensisA cast of the skull of the only known (Image from here)2014-09-27T19:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/09/25/the-giant-owl-and-those-giant-claws/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1024px-megalocnus_rodens.jpg1024px-Megalocnus_rodensThe Cuban ground sloth (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ornimegalonyx.pngOrnimegalonyxThat is one big owl. Ornimegalonyx superimposed next to a man and a car. (Image from here - 2014-12-30T17:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/09/11/a-home-on-the-range/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/glyptotheriumm.jpgGlyptotheriummReconsturction of Glyptotherium sp. by Sergiodlarosahttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1024px-charles_darwin_200_year_exhibition_brazil3.jpg1024px-Charles_Darwin_200_year_exhibition_Brazil3Fossil of Doedicurus clavicaudatus, showing the tail club with spike positionshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rimg0065.jpgExif_JPEG_PICTUREGlyptodon skeleton in the MNHN in Paris, image by @DeepFriedDNA2014-09-12T09:50:30+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/09/06/antique-water-horses/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/museo_di_paleologia_scheletro_di_hippopotamus_antiquus_recuperato_presso_figline_valdarno.jpgMuseo_di_paleologia,_scheletro_di_hippopotamus_antiquus,_recuperato_presso_figline_valdarnoA truly gorgeous fossil skeleton of Hippopotamus antiquus at Florence Palaeontology Museum (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hippopotamus_major_drawing.jpgHippopotamus_major_drawingA beautifully simple illustration of Hippopotamus major, from the classic book 'Men of the Stone Age'. (Image from here)2014-09-06T08:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/08/28/the-hyena-that-was-overshadowed-by-a-tyrannosaurus-rex/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1024px-chasmaporthetes_lunensis_1.jpg1024px-Chasmaporthetes_lunensis_1A beautifully preserved skull of Chasmaporthetes lunensis found in Italy. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/barnum_brown.jpgBarnum_BrownPerhaps slightly overdressed? Barnum Brown doing field work in Montana in 1914. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1280px-aardwolf25.jpg1280px-Aardwolf25The extant Aardwolf () one of the lesser known species of living hyena (Image from here)2016-02-08T07:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/08/26/ghosts-of-the-desert/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/baja_california_sur.jpgBaja_California_SurBeautiful cave art from Baja (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bc-pronghorns-credit-for-gerardo-garibay-melo.jpgBC Pronghorns (credit for Gerardo Garibay Melo))pronghorn along with a photo of pronghorns in a reserve in Baja California (credit for Gerardo Garibay Melo)2022-07-01T07:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/08/19/an-unexpected-river-horse/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bkj_rmncmaabyok.jpgBkJ_RMnCMAAbYOkBeautiful reconstruction of the fauna of Trafalgar Square, London. (Art by Tabitha Paterson)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1024px-hippo_at_dawn.jpg1024px-Hippo_at_dawnA big hippo out of the water. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/buckland_hyena.jpgBuckland_hyenaWilliam Buckland2014-10-16T23:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/08/14/the-deadliest-twilight-beast/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1024px-bison_skull_pile-restored.jpg1024px-Bison_skull_pile-restoredA terribly sad photograph of an enormous pile of unfathonable American bison skulls in the 1870s. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bison-cave-painting.jpgBison cave paintingBeautiful cave painting of the magnificent steppe bison, Bison priscus. (Image from here)2015-09-09T22:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/08/08/the-surprising-cheetah/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cougarskull.jpgCougarskullSkull of Puma concolorhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/miracinonyx.jpgMiracinonyxSkull of Miracinonyx trumani from fig.1 of Martin, Gilbert & Adamhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ks01-miracinonyx.jpgSkull of Puma concolorSkull of Puma concolorhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-puma_yaguarondi.jpg800px-Puma_yaguarondiThe jaguarundi (or eyra). This housecat sized South American endemic is sometimes tamed as a pet by local Quechua groups. 2014-08-08T07:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/21/of-dwarfs-and-dragons/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/640px-homo_floresiensis.jpg640px-Homo_floresiensisHomo (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/stegodon_florensis_insularis_by_povorot.jpgStegodon_Florensis_Insularis_by_povorotComparasion of Stegodon and Homo fle (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/stegodon-comparisions.jpgstegodon comparisionsStegodonhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/elephantidae-scale-svg.pngElephantidae-scale.svgThe largest Stegodon species reaching the size of the woolly mammoth. (Image from here)2014-08-01T21:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/24/the-beasts-within/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/943d8-20060309-qzd0.jpg943d8-20060309-qzd0https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/parasite.jpgparasiteThe nematode Strongyloides shastensis and coccidian Archeococcidia nothrotheriopsae once foraged in the digestive tracts of Shasta ground sloth. Their habitat disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene, and as a result they is now likely extinct. Images from Schmidt & Duszynski (1992).https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bird.jpgbirdThe extinct New Zealand huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) and the equally extinct louse (Rallicola extinctus) that once lived on the huia’s feathers. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/journal-pone-0057315-g002.pngjournal.pone.0057315.g002Eggs of parasitic nematodes isolated from coprolites of the giant New Zealand moas. (Images from Wood et al., 2013)2014-08-01T21:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/08/mr-darwins-lost-sloth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mylodon-tp.jpgMylodon TPMylodon2015-02-03T01:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/16/the-mouse-goat-crocodile-chimera/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/goats.jpggoatsA small family of Myotragus balearicus enjoying a brief moment of luscious grass. (Illuastration by Tabitha Paterson)2014-11-29T16:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/05/28/impressions-of-the-pleistocene/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/neanderthals-river-vezere.jpgNeanderthals River VezereNeanderthalshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/knight-woolly-mammoths-amhn.jpgKnight Woolly Mammoths AMHNMammothshttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/knight-le-moustier-1915-bw-small.jpgM0008959 Drawing of Neanderthal Man.Neanderthals at Le Moustier (Art by Charles Knight, 1915. From Welcome Images)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/knight-font-de-gaume.jpgKnight Font-de-GaumeCro-manhttps://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/knight-smilodon-1.jpgKnight Smilodon (1)Smilodon2015-01-19T15:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/06/12/the-last-of-its-kind/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/chalicothere-tb.jpgChalicothere TBChalicotheres, a strange 2014-09-21T20:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/09/crazy-cute-ice-age-animal-youve-never-heard-of/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1024px-allactaga_major_1.jpg1024px-Allactaga_major_1Fossil leg bones from a Great Jerboa from Germany. On display at (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/allactaga_major.jpgAllactaga_majorThe beautiful, enigmatic Great Jerboa (Allactaga major) hopping around. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1024px-pelotes_rc3a9jection_asio_otus.jpg1024px-Pelotes_réjection_Asio_OtusOwl pellets hold the clues to the awesome little creatures living around the owls home. (Image from here)2014-07-15T21:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/12/americas-original-razorbacks/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1024px-tayassu_pecari.jpg1024px-Tayassu_pecariOne of the species of peccary arond today, the White-lipped Peccary (). (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/800px-catagonus_wagneri_closeup.jpg800px-Catagonus_wagneri_closeupThe stern looking Chacoan peccary. This is just one of the four surviving species of peccary from a successful group. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mylohyus-nasutus.jpgMylohyus nasutusThe longer snouted peccary, Mylohyus nasutus. (Art by Aaron Woodruff)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/platygonus-compressus.jpgPlatygonus compressusThe pretty flat headed peccary, Platygonus compressus. 2016-04-09T11:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/2014/07/14/the-nipple-tooth/https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/knight_mastodon.jpgKnight_MastodonA magnificent Mastodon, illustrated by Charles Knight. (Image from here)https://twilightbeasts.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mammut_tooth_surface_pleistocene_ohio.jpgMammut_Tooth_Surface_Pleistocene_OhioA mastodon (Mammut americanum) tooth from Ohio. Public domain Via Wikimedia commons.2014-08-27T20:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://twilightbeasts.org/submit-a-post/2015-04-27T16:56:53+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/the-pleistocene/2014-04-27T22:11:43+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.org/about/2016-01-17T21:32:23+00:00weekly0.6https://twilightbeasts.orgdaily1.02023-01-04T05:54:47+00:00