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Articles related to "Pleistocene Epoch"
Book Review: Ice Age Mammals of North America <I>Ice Age Mammals of North America: A Guide to the Big, the Hairy, and the Bizarre</I> is a useful introduction to the Pleistocene Epoch and its animals for budding young paleontologists. ice age • pleistocene • pleistocene epoch • mammal • mammals
Sabre-toothed Cats This group of extinct cats were very common until the end of the last Ice Age. sabre-tooth • felidae • felinae • nimravinae • dinictis
Woolly Rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros was another large mammal that lived during the Pleistocene Ice Ages. woolly • wooly • mammoth • rhinoceros • coelodonta
Book Review: Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant If you liked the Discovery Channel documentary about the recovery of a frozen mammoth carcass, you will love Richard Stone's <I>Mammoth</I>, about the history of mammoth hunting for science, and the quest to clone a mammoth. mammoth • mastodon • genetics • dna • clone
The Glyptodonts Look out for those "giant armadillos!" glyptodont • glyptodonts • doedicurus • mammal • mammals
Giant Sloths The ground sloths are large relatives of our modern tree sloths. sloth • giant sloth • megatherium • edentate • tree sloth
Horses Horses are fascinating animals, and their development is a fascinating topic of paleontology. horse • hyracotherium • eohippus • mesohippus • dinohippus
Paleontology in Yellowstone National Park Although Yellowstone National Park is better known for its geothermal features, our oldest national park also provides a lot of paleontological information yellowstone • paleontology • paleontological • geothermal • geology
A Visit to the Texas Memorial Museum of Science and History After visiting Texas Memorial Museum of Science and History as a child, this small, little-known museum will always have a special place in my heart. museum • natural history museum • paleontology • geology
Cool Summer Sites A mixed bag of fun and educational websites to keep you entertained. kids • summer • fun
Review, Walking with Prehistoric Beasts As much as I enjoyed "Walking with Dinosaurs" this new television programme and companion book are even better. dinosaur • dinosaurs • paleontology • geology • fossil
Camels Camels are well-adapted to living in the desert. camel • camels • desert • arabian camel • bactrian camel
Snakes and Bladders Gabriella Kalapos author of "Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies and the Coca-Cola Company discusses the folktale behind the popular holiday Saint Patrick's Day. st. patricks day • saint patricks day • saint patricks day folktales • snakes and ireland • irish folktales
Captain Benjamin L. E. Bonneville Captain Benjamin Bonneville's adventures in the fur trade of the Rocky Mountains and far West. Hudson Bay's depletion of beaver in Oregon Country. bonneville and the rocky mountain fur trade • united states military academy members • american history • history of the fur trade • mountain men
Dating Fossils II: Radiometric Dating Radiometric dating is a more precise type of dating used on fossils. radiometric dating • sedimentary rock • relative dating
Extinction IV: The Pleistocene Ice Age Many large mammals went extinct during the last Ice Age. ice age • pleistocene • mammal • mammals • extinct
Family Things to Do this Summer in Florida Pockets of cool paradise provide relief from sultry Florida summers. Things to do with the family in 2009 are collect fossils, surf a horse and chill at Icebar Orlando. family things to do in florida • florida family travel • places to keep cool in florida • florida fossil collecting • peace river fossils
Marsupials The recent Olympics in Sydney, Australia have piqued my interest in marsupials. marsupial
A Visit to the Museum of the Rockies The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, is one of my favorite small museums to visit. museum • natural history • natural history museum • dinosaur • dinosaurs
Mastodons, Ancestors of Elephants Mastodons, relatives of mammoths, are the ancestors of our modern elephants mastodon • mammoth • mammut • mammuthus • elephant
Woolly Mammoths Learn more about the woolly mammoth and the newest discoveries. science • kids • woolly mammoth • mastadon • ice age
The Mammoth, A Brief History The mammoth is one of the iconic mega beasts that walked the earth. Although several species of mammoth evolved their extinction along with other mega beasts is a mystery woolly mammoth • saber tooth cat • giant ground sloth • columbiam mammoth • pgymy mammoth
Mammoths, Mastodons, and Elephants What's the difference between mammoths, mastodons, and elephants? mammuthus • mammoth • mastodons • mammut • elephant
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is located in historic Old Town in Albuquerque New Mexico. The natural history museum has been one of my favorite museums ever since I first visited it in 1987. geology • geophysics • museums • museum • new mexico
WEATHER, PREDICTIONS, & XERISCAPING(tm) A few years ago weather predictions were accurate within two weeks. This year my Almanac has been very accurate - and its predicting a very dry century for North America. Will it be a dry milennium? weather • climate • predictions • global warming • trees |
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