Researchers worked over two days to create a protective cast around the tusk for transport. After covering the fossil in plaster-soaked burlap strips, Schroeder’s group then constructed a frame around ...

When Templeton first came across the giant tusk, he assumed it was from a mastodon, having found several remnants of the ...

The skeleton Koch assembled was about 4.5m high and 9m long. The large curved tusks were mounted sideways from the head. Uncovering a huge number of mastodon bones, Koch assembled a skeleton that was ...

But, he said, "It didn't occur to me it could be a mammoth tusk instead of a mastodon tusk until later. When I learned it was a mammoth and not a mastodon, I got even more excited." Over the years ...