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Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They’re Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota
The large, extinct creatures roamed the Twin Cities area more than 10,000 years ago and could grow to more than 200 pounds ...
Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this extinct breed, once kept for their wool
Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with ...
Rare Asiatic black bear, oldest of kind in human care, passes away at Colorado zoo
A beloved Asiatic black bear who was also the oldest of her kind in human care in the U.S. passed away on Monday at ...