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Huge, complete mammoth tusk accidentally discovered by North Dakota coal miners
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMammoth tusk on the rocky ground. Coal miners in North Dakota made an astonishing find when they...
Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAunt Spray/iStock/Getty Images Plus North America used to be crawling with giant mammals, from dire...
North Dakota coal miners lead paleontologists to mammoth fossil
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAfter coal miners discovered a 7-foot-long mammoth tusk, paleontologists found more bones from the...
Mystery of rare Channel Islands mammoth fossil continues
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA discovery of a rare mammoth fossil on a remote island off Ventura continues to prompt scientists to search for answers. The fossil – the most complete skull found in the Channel Islands National ...
Mesa Mammoth bones return home
East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.) via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 17—In 1953, gravel-mining workers on a job near the Salt River around Country Club and McKellips uncovered the first mammoth bones known to science in the Phoenix basin. The molars, tusk ...
Revealed: the best museums to visit in the US
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoWe’ve scoured the USA to pick out the best museum in every state, from the Met in New York to the National Museum of African American History and Culture...
The Best Places to See Fossils in the United States
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 months agoInto fossils? Taking a road trip across the country and looking for a side quest? Perhaps you’re just looking for an escape from modernity writ large....
Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's 'Secret World of Elephants'
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York...
The La Brea Tar Pits are full of mysteries. Here are three of the most puzzling
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum is left over from asphalt mining that took...
Dinosaur tracks revealed as river dries up at drought-stricken Texas park
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDinosaur tracks that date back approximately 113 million years were found in Dinosaur Valley State...
