For decades, paleontologists assumed mastodons - the shaggy, elephant-like relatives that once roamed North America - were a relatively uniform species with a broad range. A new study published in ...

Mastodons, the elephant-like Ice Age giants, migrated vast distances in response to shifting climates and were far more ...

Ancestors of today's elephants were forced to constantly migrate because of climate change, new research reveals. Analysis of ancient DNA from the remains of mastodons - including those which roamed ...

The Grand Rapids Public Museum is set to unveil a nearly complete mastodon skeleton to the public on Thursday, Sept. 11, marking the culmination of three years of preservation work. The exhibit will ...

By August 2022, of course, the mastodon was just bones. A lot of bones: more than 130 of them, enough to construct about 70% of a prehistoric cousin of the elephant. Michael and Courtney Clapp could ...

Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51. Hinds was killed ...