Tag Archives: Bison

The power of wonder

Posted on June 26, 2019 by twilightbeasts

There is no denying our fascination with wildlife. Shows such as Blue Planet, Planet Earth, and the more recent Our Planet, have had millions of viewers across the world. People, young and old, flock around cases full of taxidermy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cave art | Tagged Annette Laming, Bear, Bison, cave art, France, Horses, Ibex, Lascaux Cave, Lascaux Caves, Woolly rhinoceros | 6 Comments

The most (and least) read posts of 2018!

Posted on December 31, 2018 by twilightbeasts

A year goes far too quickly. But a lot has happened. Rena is now Dr Rena after successfully completing her PhD. Ross has finished his book (The Missing Lynx) which is coming out in Summer 2019 (very exciting!). And Jan … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrate! | Tagged Aurochs, Bison, Dodo, Giant Ground Sloth, great auk, Homo, Mammuthus primigenius, Paranthropus boisei, Thylacine, Woolly Mammoth | 2 Comments

Open your eyes and see beauty

Posted on January 10, 2017 by twilightbeasts

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

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

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? A true story of the real Palaeolithic diet!

Posted on June 14, 2016 by twilightbeasts

Food Warning: This blog contains (research by people who are) nuts (about ancient animals and peoples). How do you eat an elephant? The old motivational question is answered by ‘one bite at a time’. The same thing could perhaps be said … Continue reading →

Posted in Bison, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged American lion, Bison, Bjorn Kurten, Blue Babe, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Jarkov Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenus, Megatherium, Panthera leo atrox, Rena Maguire, Woolly Mammoth | 3 Comments

Did humans wipe out the megafauna?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by twilightbeasts

The wonderful thing about writing for Twilight Beasts is the chance to bring back some truly incredible creatures. Here we are allowed to be taken back to a time when the largest land lizard ever walked the Earth: Megalania. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Extinction | Tagged Bison, Diprotodon, Giant Echidna, Glyptodon, Jan Freedman, Mammoth, mass extinction, Mastodon, Megalania, Megatherium, Overkill, Paul Martin, Smilodon, Woolly rhinoceros | 8 Comments

From the bones of giants

Posted on July 31, 2015 by twilightbeasts

One day in 1443, a mason chiselled the letters “A. E. I. O. U.” on a giant bone which hung from the gates of the bustling city of Vienna. The mason was not making sure they never forgot their vowels … Continue reading →

Posted in Cave art | Tagged Acheulean Industry, Ayla, Bison, cave art, Horse, Jan Freedman, Jean Auel, Jondalar, Knapping, löwenmensch, Mammoth, reindeer, Woolly Mammoth | 6 Comments

The beauty in the beasts

Posted on July 17, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Nature is beautiful. Look around at the green leaves flashing brightly as the sun bounces off them. Look closer and you spot a flash of yellow as a goldfinch nips by. Shake a branch gently and you will be rewarded … Continue reading →

Posted in Cave art | Tagged Bison, Castillo, cave art, Cave Lion, Cave of Altamira, Cave of La Pasiega, Cave of Niaux, Chauvet Cave, Font-de-Gaume, Giant Deer, Grotte de CUssac, Jan Freedman, Khoit Tsenkher Cave, La Marche cave, Lascaux Cave, Les Combarelles, Maros, Pech Merle cave, Woolly rhinoceros | 9 Comments

Just like the weather

Posted on February 18, 2015 by twilightbeasts

North America was a very different place during the Pleistocene. There were no skyscrapers, no highways, no concrete structures at all. Instead the landscape was wild, with grasses and white spruce forests dominating. This rich environment was filled with incredible creatures, including, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Lion, Short Faced Bear | Tagged American lion, Bison, cheetah, pronghorn, sabre-tooth cat, Short-faced Bear, Toxodon | 8 Comments

Paddington’s dangerous cousin

Posted on January 8, 2015 by twilightbeasts

North and South America were the last continents to be conquered by humans. We have been in Africa since we first evolved, Europe and Asia for over a million years, in Australia for about 60,000 years, but in the Americas … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Faced Bear | Tagged Arctodus simus, Arctotherium, Beringia, Big Bear Cave, Bison, Brown Bear, Caribou, Cave Lion, Clovis culture, DNA, Florida Cave Bear, Horse, Mammoth, Ozark Skeleton, Pararctotherium, Polar Bear, Rangifer tarandus, Riverbluff Cave, Scimitar Cat, Short-faced Bear, Speckled Bear, Tremarctinae, Tremarctos floridanus, Tremarctos ornatus, Ursus maritimus | 102 Comments

Ghosts of the desert

Posted on August 26, 2014 by twilightbeasts

The sun sets over the plains of Vizcaíno Desert, Baja California península, Mexico; a vast desert watered by fog from the Pacific Ocean. A group of peninsular pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) stretch and lay about in the cool afternoon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Pronghorn | Tagged American cheetahs, Antilocapra americana, Antilocapra americana peninsularis, Baja California peninsula, Bighorn sheep, Bison, camel, Canis dirus, Canis lepophagus, Chasmaporthetes ossifragus, Comondú archaeological complex, Cougar, Coyote, Dire Wolf, Grey wolf, Homotherium, Horse, Megantereon, Miracinonyx sp., Mule deer, Muskoxen, Odocoileus hemionus, Ovis canadensis, Peccary, Pronghorn Antelope, Protocyon, Short-faced Bear, Sierra de San Francisco, Smilodon, Tapir, Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Vizcaino Desert | 8 Comments

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