Tag Archives: Smilodon

The forgotten dogs of South America

Posted on March 19, 2021 by twilightbeasts

Abya Yala was the land of dogs for a long time.* This is where they evolved. On a solitary, large landmass drifting through a vast ocean. A landmass that Europeans would later call North America. These very familiar animals evolved … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog | Tagged Arctotherium angustidens, Berinigia, Borophanginae, camel, Caninae, Canis familiaris, Dog, Giant short faced bead, Glyptodont, Great American Biotic Interchange, Hesperocyoninae, Horse, Isthmus of Panama, jaguar, Panthera onca, puma, Puma concolor, Smilodon, Smilodon populator, Tapir, terror bi, Theriodictis platensis | 2 Comments

Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth

Posted on February 11, 2019 by twilightbeasts

Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth I recently bought this book (with my own money, this is an impartial review: I can’t be bought, man!). “Smilodon” is somewhat of a companion volume to another recent-ish release, namely “The Other Saber-tooths: Scimitar-tooth Cats … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arctodus simus, Arctotherium tarijense, Giant Ground Sloth, Hippidion, Homotherium, Homotherium latidens, Homotherium serum, llama, Macrauchenia, Pararctotherium, Patagonia, Pleistocene, Smilodon, Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon gracilis, Smilodon populator | 1 Comment

Coming of age: A review of Life through the Ages

Posted on April 2, 2018 by twilightbeasts

You can pick up the book here.Somewhere between being a teenager and having a child of my own, museums changed. The sense of solemn and elegant wonderment was replaced with lots of ‘accessible’ little cartoon smiley faces on posters and … Continue reading →

Posted in art | Tagged Charles Knight, Life through the ages, Mammoth, Museum, Smilodon, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 7 Comments

Sabertooth

Posted on January 25, 2018 by twilightbeasts

[This review was written in 2014, when the book first came out] I recently read “Sabertooth” by Mauricio Anton. Obviously given my interests, this was one book I had to treat myself to. Anton and Turner’s “Big cats and their … Continue reading →

Posted in Sabre tooth Cat, Uncategorized | Tagged Carnivores, Extinction, felidae, Homotherium latidens, Homotherium serum, Overkill, Pleistocene, Sabre tooth cat, Smilodon, Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon populator | 2 Comments

Stuck in time

Posted on December 2, 2016 by twilightbeasts

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

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

Going underground

Posted on March 4, 2016 by twilightbeasts

South America is a place full of stories about mysterious beasts. Standing seven feet tall, with long red hair and big sharp claws, tales of the mapinguari, have been passed down in South American Indian folklore. An odd tapir/jaguar hybrid … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Ground Sloth | Tagged American Philosophical Society, Arctotherium, Armadillo, Cave bear, Glossotherium, Jan Freedman, Macrauchenia, mapinguari, Megalonyx jeffersonii, Megatherium, Megatherium americanum, Mylodon, Mylodon darwinii, Paca, Palaeovertebrate burrow, Scelidotherium, Smilodon, Thomas Jefferson, Toxodon | 25 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

The last trumpet of a giant

Posted on June 5, 2015 by twilightbeasts

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

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

A tiny Twilight Beast in a world of giants

Posted on May 14, 2015 by twilightbeasts

A walk in the temperate rainforests of Chile is like a journey into the deep past: a world of ferns, giant conifers and lichens enshrouded in fog and inhabited by tiny mammals that survived the age of giants. The pudú … Continue reading →

Posted in Pudu | Tagged alerce, Arctotherium tarijense, Chilean myrtle, Dromiciops gliroides, Fitzroya cupressoides, giant short-faced bear, Gomphothere, guanaco, IUCN red list, Lama guanicoe, Luma apiculata, Macrauchenica pathachonica, Mapuche, monito del monte, Panthera onca mesembrina, Pudu, Pudu puda, Smilodon, South-American Jaguar, Universidad Austral de Chile | 12 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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