Imagine a world where colossal creatures roamed the land, coexisting with early humans. This was the reality in the Americas, where giant sloths and mastodons thrived alongside our ancestors for ...
Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: the dispersal of seeds from large-fruited plants. A new study led by the ...
Distributing seeds is among plants’ key challenges, and many have turned to animals for help. However, some get over-reliant on a single species or a few similar ones, with dire consequences when ...
FAIRBANKS -- A long, long time ago, a hairy elephant stomped the northland, wrecking trees and shrubs as it swallowed twigs, leaves and bark. These mastodons left a few scattered teeth and bones in ...
At the same time, mammoths and mastodons gave Americans a symbol of national might at a time when they badly needed one. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, the French naturalist, had declared ...
The extinct proboscidean species Notiomastodon platensis is observed feeding on Chilean palm fruit in La Campana National Park. Credit: Mauricio Álvarez The extinct proboscidean species Notiomastodon ...
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