Woolly mammoths are at the forefront of our minds when we think of prehistoric creatures, but what about mastodons? Let's find out the differences between these two ancient beasts.

By Sebastian Onate By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Any fossil fan has heard of both mammoths and mastodons, but what is the difference? They are both related to elephants, they are ...

In the past, mammoths and mastodons could have been found through out North America. Mammoths and mastodons both are relatives of the elephant family. They were hunted by Paleoindians, and survived to ...

That suggests that mastodons gnawed on more branches, twigs and leafy things as opposed to the grasses that mammoths ground between their teeth. With new detailed dental studies, researchers are ...

The mammoths and mastodons are the exhibit's stars, but the presence of their ecological co-stars reinforces the fact that North America was quite different in the not-so-distant past.

Mastodons arrived much earlier. They had spread across America by the Pliocene Epoch, around 5 million years ago. Their molars were shaped to crush plants, such as leaves and woody stems, and they ...

Visitors to the Ontario Science Centre can delve deeper into the Ice Age with a new exhibit focusing on mammoths and mastodons. Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, opened Wednesday, Feb. 10 ...

People may imagine mammoths and mastodons as enormous beasts that roamed the vast North American continent more than 10,000 years ago. Mammoths favored areas near retreating ice sheets, where ...