He had discovered one of the richest Ice Age fossil beds in the world, and the only known nursery herd of Columbian mammoths. These animals died in a single event—probably a flood 70,000 years ago. In ...

Last year, the ancient remains of an estimated 40-year-old male Columbian mammoth—which included a skull, a portion of an arm, and spinal bones—were discovered at a Central Texas lake.

and is the nation’s first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of ice age Columbian mammoths. Columbian mammoths are ...

especially giant Columbian mammoths, were a major source of food during that time. One mammoth could provide enough meat to feed a group of people, including children, women who cared for them ...

Mammoths once roamed the Southern Plains freely as recently as 12,000 years ago, including the portion that now includes ...

WACO – Long before Texas became known for cowboys and cattle, primeval creatures including Columbian mammoths – massive animals standing 14-feet tall and weighing 20,000 pounds – roamed the ...