Tag Archives: La Brea Tar Pits

In cold pursuit

Posted on May 28, 2021 by twilightbeasts

From feathered dinosaurs to woolly mammoths, countless animals that no longer live have come to pervade modern popular culture. Snuck into a world of dragons, witches, and ice zombies in Game of Thrones (or A Song of Ice & Fire), … Continue reading →

Posted in Dire Wolf | Tagged Dire Wolf, Dire Wolves, Horse, La Brea, La Brea Tar Pits, Sabre tooth cat | 3 Comments

A very brief introduction to mammoths

Posted on July 18, 2017 by twilightbeasts

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

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

Stuck in time

Posted on December 2, 2016 by twilightbeasts

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

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

Born in the USA

Posted on July 4, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Think of the 4th of July festival in the United States and you automatically think of all the things associated with that country. Fireworks and flags, Elvis, rock and roll, cowboys and vast expanses of prairie perfect for galloping (ok, … Continue reading →

Posted in Woodward Eagle | Tagged American Bald Eagle, Amplibuteo woodwardi, Aquila, Buteoninae, Cayo Flores, Haliaeetus leucephalus, Harpagornis moorei, La Brea Tar Pits, Langusto, Monster Birds, Ornimegalonyx, Piltdown Man, Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, Woodward Eagle | 11 Comments

A sticky end for the Monster Birds

Posted on April 11, 2015 by twilightbeasts

California. A state well known for endlessly perfect sandy beaches, sun, wine, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hidden below the surface of this famous American state lies a more complex history that only reveals itself when we look a little closer. Locked … Continue reading →

Posted in Teratorns | Tagged A Game of Thrones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Bird, California, California Condor, Cathartidae, Ciconiiformes, Condor, Dire Wolves, Ground sloths, Hollywood, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angles, mammoths, Pack rats, Page Museum, Smilodon, Teratornis merriami, Teratornis woodburnensis, Teratornithidae, Teratorns | 7 Comments

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