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About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and ...

Unlike the curved tusks of mammoths, mastodons had straighter tusks, often extending up to 5 meters long. Their molars, which featured distinctive cone-shaped cusps, were specialized for a diet of ...

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Dr. John Doershuk also revealed: Mastodon discoveries have been limited in the last 20 years. Finding the entire skeleton was a challenge given its size. Most of the skull and part of the tusk ...

Hundreds of vendors from dozens of countries converged in Tucson, Arizona, for the annual Gem and Mineral Show, where the ...

This trophic relationship ensured energy transfer throughout the ecosystem, showcasing the interconnectedness of prehistoric life and the importance of megaherbivores like the mastodon in supporting ...

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Two years after it opened, he added a natural history collection that included a nearly complete skeleton of a mastodon. Anderson said she stopped by the portrait of Forten, who lived at 366 Lombard ...