The mastodon–an Ice Age cousin of today’s elephants–is an icon of North American paleontology. Known to science for over 200 years, and…
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Interview Mastodon Surprise! An Interview with Alton DooleyRead more
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Mammals How pygmy whales were affected by historical climate changeRead more
In one of the latest posts here, we described to you a new discovery of giant ancient killer whales dominating the ancient…
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Mammals Ancient killer whale snacked on fish, sharks, and…other whalesRead more
New fossils of an ancient whale reveal what its final meal was. The fossil record of ancient whales is incredible, revealing to…
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Mammals 34 million year old carnivore named after the Egyptian god of the UnderworldRead more
Naming a new species is a wonderful thing to do. It’s a statement that you’ve discovered an entirely new organism to science…
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Interview Dolphin Discovery: New Oligocene dolphin species found in EcuadorRead more
This article was written by Tessa Gregory and first appeared at PLOS Research News on December 20, 2017. The authors of a recent…
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Mammals Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Anatoliadelphys maasaeRead more
Continuing our march through the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017… Today’s marsupials are almost entirely a southern hemisphere phenomenon–other than…
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Interview Author Interview: Bobby Boessenecker on the early dolphin AlbertocetusRead more
Today, a new paper describing new fossils of an early dolphin, Albertocetus, was published in PLOS ONE. This animal was named several years back, and…
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From the community Engaging the Public – The Experiment of the “Valley of the Mastodons” Workshop & ExhibitRead more
This guest post was contributed by science writer Jeanne Timmons (@mostlymammoths), as a follow-up to her first post. The post reflects the views solely of…
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Mammals Exploring the Valley of the MastodonRead more
This guest post was contributed by science writer Jeanne Timmons (@mostlymammoths). The post reflects the views solely of its author, which are not…
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Mammals Whales, dolphins, and seals all follow the same evolutionary patternsRead more
From the poles to the equator, marine mammals such as seals, dolphins, and whales, play an important role in global ecosystems as…
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Interview Author Interview: Matt Borths on the newly named fossil mammal Masrasector nananubis (and the possibility that he accidentally unleashed an ancient evil upon paleontology)Read more
Ancient mammals were weird. And it wasn’t the “super-size and add saber teeth” kind of weird, either. Mammalian evolutionary history is full of…
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Mammals Early baleen whales contended for title of ocean’s Barry WhiteRead more
Until now, it has been a bit of a mystery about the evolution of hearing capabilities in those graceful ocean behemoths, the…