Bones of mammoths butchered for their ivory tusks 25,000 years ago were unearthed by archaeologists in Austria. Remains of ...

Well, as it turns out, the hunter was right. It was a fossil—a rare woolly mammoth tusk, to be precise. In reporting the find, Sul Ross State University stated in a press release: “Juett said ...

Ancient hunters killed woolly mammoths for their meat. Today in Russia’s Arctic the search is on for their valuable tusks. 15 min read This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National ...

Tusk and Sunset A mammoth’s tusk spikes the ... It was supposed to have mammoths. Its location was near the New Siberian Islands, where we were. Q: The weather in your photos doesn’t look ...

The dung was packed within the intestine of this frozen woolly mammoth. It is known as the ... The mammoth's permafrost tomb preserved its head, tusks, front legs, and parts of its stomach and ...

Scientists can work out a woolly mammoth's age from the rings of its tusk in a similar way to judging a tree’s age from its rings. Male woolly mammoths were thought to reach shoulder heights of ...

With the sale of elephant tusks under close scrutiny, “ethical ivory” from the extinct woolly mammoth is now feeding an insatiable market in China. This rush on mammoth ivory is luring a fresh ...

Well, as it turns out, the hunter was right. It was a fossil—a rare woolly mammoth tusk, to be precise. “Juett said his great working relationship with the Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS ...