Tag Archives: Woolly rhinoceros

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

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

The most (and least) read posts of 2017!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by twilightbeasts

It’s that time of year again when websites shout about their most read blog posts. Of course it’s a little bit of self promotion, but it is also quite interesting to see what has been popular over the last year. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic Ground Squirrel, Homo sapiens, Horse, Key Deer, Lemming, moa, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros | Tagged Arctic Ground Squirrel, Arctic lemming, Equus caballus, Equus giganteus, Homo sapiens, Key Deer, Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus imperator, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, moa, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 3 Comments

The lonely walk to extinction

Posted on September 8, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Our very species is an oxymoron. When Linnaeus added us to the taxonomic ranks of life, he dubbed humans Homo sapiens: literally meaning ‘wise man’. Sometimes I wonder how ‘wise’ we are. We can send people to live in space, … Continue reading →

Posted in Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros | Tagged Diceros biceros lonipes, DNA, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Island Dwarfism, Javan Rhinoceros, Mammuthus primigenius, Neanderthal, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Western Black Rhino, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 1 Comment

A very brief introduction to mammoths

Posted on July 18, 2017 by twilightbeasts

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

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

Ice Age Mammals in Batman’s House

Posted on February 19, 2016 by twilightbeasts

During summer 2015 I was lucky enough to volunteer at the Nottingham Natural History Museum (NOTNH) at Wollaton Hall in the UK. Not only was Wollaton Hall the film location for Wayne Manor in the 2012 Batman film The Dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Creswell Crags | Tagged Batman, Canis sp, Cave hyena, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Creswell Crags, Crocuta crocuta spelaea, Equus ferus, Horse, Irish Elk, Jordan Bestwick, Megaloceros giganteus, Nottingham Natural History Museum, Phanerozoic, The Dark Knight Rises, Wollaton Hall, Woolly rhinoceros | 1 Comment

How do you weigh a Dodo?

Posted on February 3, 2016 by twilightbeasts

Extinction is something as real today as it has always been. What makes it even more real, and for our particularly emotional species, extremely sad is that these animals and plants are gone forever. We will never feel a dozen … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodo | Tagged Columbiform, Convex hull, Dodo, Giant Cuban Owl, Glyptodon, Postosuchus, Postosuchus kirkpatricki, Raphus cucullatus, Trilobite, Woolly rhinoceros | 6 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 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

A test of time

Posted on July 10, 2015 by twilightbeasts

Nothing beats the thrill of holding a fossil in the palm of my hand. Feeling the smooth cold surface gently resting on the top of my bare skin instantly transports me back to the time that creature was alive: for … Continue reading →

Posted in foraminifera | Tagged Axial Tilt, Eccentricity, foram, Foraminifera, glacial period, Hippopotamus, Hyena, interglacial period, Jan Freedman, marine isotope record, Milankovic Cycles, oxygen isotope, Precession, reindeer, Sunspots, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 10 Comments

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