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Mammoths

Las Vegas, Nevada

Tule Springs Fossil Beds

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Podcast: The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team September 29, 2021

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Berezovsky Mammoth

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Ottawa, Ontario

Dinosaur Crossing Signs and Statues

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

Shropshire, England

The Shropshire Mammoth

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

How Radar Detected Prehistoric Footprints Beneath White Sands National Monument

Researchers have found Pleistocene-era proof of a human, mammoth, and ground sloth trundling along.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 27, 2019

This Terrible Mammoth Drawing Was a Giant Help to 19th-Century Naturalists

The first reconstruction from a flesh-and-blood mammoth looked more like a pig.

Sabrina Imbler September 27, 2019

Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil Record Is Mostly Males

One theory is that reckless young bison and mammoths got into more trouble.

Sabrina Imbler September 13, 2019

endangered animals

Should the Clearly Extinct Woolly Mammoth Be Reclassified as Endangered?

Maybe, if the goal is to protect elephants from the ivory trade.

Isaac Schultz August 30, 2019

Texcoco, Mexico

Museo Paleontológico Tocuila (Paleontological Museum of Tocuila)

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

For Sale: A Hat Made of Woolly Mammoth Hair

An expert confirmed its authenticity.

Sarah Laskow August 13, 2018

The Stories Hidden in Fossilized Mammoth Footprints

What researchers uncovered when they analyzed 43,000-year-old tracks.

Christina Ayele Djossa February 14, 2018

Santa Barbara County, California

Torrey Pines of Santa Rosa Island

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

What Do You Do When You Find a Mammoth on Your Farm?

A behind-the-scenes look at harvest time, soil drainage, and Pleistocene megafauna.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 20, 2017

Why Teenage Male Mammoths Tended to Die in Really Silly Ways

Natasha Frost November 3, 2017

Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America.

A Record Amount of Mammoth Bones Was Unearthed in Siberia

A wooly mammoth graveyard contains piles of bones from two different sizes of mammoth.

Cara Giaimo September 22, 2016

Some 14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Were Found Near Mexico City

The animal was probably cut up by humans after its death.

Erik Shilling June 27, 2016