In early modern Europe, mammoth fossils were famously interpreted as the bones of unicorns and giants before being recognized ...

Grice Connect’s summer intern Makayla Varner stepped into the Georgia Southern Museum expecting a quiet campus building—but left amazed by ancient fossils, interactive exhibits, and over 13,000 years ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble them — has moved closer from science fiction to science fact.

Woolly mammoths have become the poster child for de-extinction. The giant land mammals have long held our intrigue and ...

American painter Charles Willson Peale captured the first such excavation in oils, and later capitalized on that mastodon's skeleton in his Philadelphia museum.

Before the Erie Moon Mammoths, there was a lone male mammoth, a Summit Township diver and an Erie County lake. Find out how bones, a man and a body of water led to the SeaWolves' new name.

Before the Erie Moon Mammoths, there was a lone male mammoth, a Summit Township diver and an Erie County lake. Find out how bones, a man and a body of water led to the SeaWolves' new name.

The specimen became known as the "Moon Mammoth" in honor of its finder. It remains one of the most complete mammoth skeletons ever found in the Great Lakes region and now resides at the State Museum ...

The Erie SeaWolves will change to the Erie Moon Mammoths for four games this season after winning a contest with HBO and renowned comedian John Oliver.

This includes the American mastodon, gomphothere (Cuvieronius), and the Columbian mammoth. The newly found fossil was donated earlier this month to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.