EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave have been uncovered

EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave are uncovered that extends the 10-million-year-old structure to at least 420 miles long Explorers have uncovered eight additional miles of passageways inside Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave The discovery brings the system to at least 420 miles long and officials say there could be more to find  The 10-million-year-old cave was … Read more

Planet’s fastest pick-up: Hennessey unleashes Mammoth 1000 TRX truck

If you want a vehicle that can hit 60mph in less than 3.5 seconds you don’t need to buy a low-slung, spine-twisting supercar. Instead, you can have all the creature comforts and loading space of a pick-up. That’s because US hypercar brand Hennessy has just unveiled its latest model – the Mammoth 1000 TRX. The … Read more

Planet’s fastest pick-up: Hennessey unleashes 200mph Mammoth 1000 TRX truck

If you want a vehicle that can hit 60mph in less than 3.5 seconds and has a top speed in excess of 200mph, you don’t need to buy a low-slung, spine-twisting supercar. Instead, you can have all the creature comforts and loading space of a pick-up. That’s because US hypercar brand Hennessy has just unveiled … Read more

Massive 4-foot, 50-pound bone from a Columbian mammoth is discovered by divers in a Florida river

A pair of divers uncovered a giant mammoth femur on a scuba trip in Florida. The four-foot leg bone was preserved in the sediment at the bottom of the Peace River, about 55 miles from Sarasota. Roaming the area during the Pleistocene era, between 2.6 million and 10,000 years ago, Columbian mammoths could reach 13 … Read more

Massive 4-foot, 50-pound bone from a Columbian mammoth is discovered by divers in a Florida river

A pair of divers uncovered a giant mammoth femur on a scuba trip in Florida. The four-foot leg bone was preserved in the sediment at the bottom of the Peace River, about 55 miles from Sarasota. Roaming the area during the Pleistocene era, between 2.6 million and 10,000 years ago, Columbian mammoths could reach 13 … Read more

David Hockney, 83, prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris

David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring  Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints  Painter told … Read more

David Hockney, 83, prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris

David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring  Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints  Painter told … Read more

Litter-pickers begin mammoth task of clearing beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters

Litter-pickers headed out again this morning to clear up the empty beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters left at beauty spots by Easter Sunday revellers.  Primrose Hill – known for its awe-inspiring view across central London – was one of the green spaces to fall victim to the scourge despite repeated calls for … Read more

Rare 30,000-year-old BLUE mammoth tusk found in Alaska is up for auction that could sell for $70,000

Although woolly mammoths have not roamed the Earth for thousands of years, their remains are still being uncovered around the world – and a recent find may be one-of-a-kind. A miner in Alaska stumbled upon a tusk that belonged to a beast some 30,000 years ago, but the elongated tooth’s natural brownish coloring was intertwined … Read more

Analysis of 12,800-year-old mammoth rib fragment shows it lived along side humans in New England

Woolly mammoths roamed what is now New England 12,800 years ago and a new study suggests they shared the landscape with the first humans who arrived in the region some 10,500 years ago. A team from Dartmouth College used radiocarbon dating on a rib fragment from the Mount Holly mammoth uncovered in Vermont in 1848, … Read more