A hunter on a former 272,000-acre West Texas cattle ranch stumbled upon a fossilized mammoth tusk. The ranch manager was skeptical of the claim at first, thinking it was a stump, but brought the ...
A team of five researchers went to the 02 Ranch and uncovered the fossil. Justin Garnett/CBBS Will Juett had doubts when a hunter told him they’d found something on the 02 Ranch even more rare than a ...
Researchers carefuly wrapped the tusk in strips of plaster-covered burlap for protection. Devin Pettigrew / Center for Big Bend Studies A hunter was out looking for deer at a private ranch in West ...
Researchers quickly verified that the finding was an actual Mammoth tusk. (Copyright 2025 by Center for Big Bend Studies - All rights reserved.) ALPINE, Texas – A ...
A hunter searching for deer instead made a discovery of what he thought was a fossil, located in a drainage area of a creek on O2 Ranch in West Texas. “I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a ...
Mating season in the animal kingdom can be dramatic, and sometimes violent. As an example, take deer clashing their antlers during the rut – nostrils flaring, hooves hammering the ground, grass flying ...
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Deer Hunter Stumbles Upon Mammoth Tusk on Texas Ranch
Archaeology and paleontology have had a productive few months. Last year, millions of marine fossils were found under a ...
The recent discovery of a mammoth tusk suggests the massive, 10-ton beasts that once roamed Central Texas might’ve made it farther west than we thought. Sul Ross University announced its researchers ...
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