Researchers at the University of Iowa began analyzing the remains of a 13,600-year-old mastodon, affectionately named Wally, ...

An ancient and mighty tusked beast has been exhumed from the mud of an Iowan creek bed. It took enthusiasts from the local ...

Archeologists at the University of Iowa have revealed a first-ever find for the state: the region’s first-ever scientifically ...

GOOSE CREEK — Waist-deep in a Charleston-area river, a pair of goggles atop his head and inflatable tubes floating around him ...

Archeologists in Iowa believe they have unearthed an ancient ... in Mississippi found a mammoth tusk, a rarity for the state. And in May, a Florida man discovered a 4-foot mastodon tusk at the ...

Longipteryx is a weird fossil bird with a long beak with super-hard teeth at the tip. Based on its beak, scientists have ...

A new study, based on the remains of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin, is shaking up what archaeologists long thought about these early humans in Europe ...

Archaeologists in Iowa have unearthed an ancient mastodon skull in pristine condition, which they hope will provide clues about human interaction with the ancient animal. The bones were excavated ...

For paleontologists who study animals that lived long ago, fossilized remains tell only part of the story of an animal's life ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered an ancient ... mastodon skull that could show important clues about the creature's interactions with humans. The skull is thought to be almost 14,000 years old and was ...

Archeologists unearthed an ancient mastodon skull from an Iowa ... had a significant section of its once-curved tusk. The mastodon was found in a creek bank in southern Iowa.