Significant fossil discoveries in North Dakota include a T. rex and two mammoths. One mammoth found under a garage shows signs of a rare bone disease or malnutrition. The fossils will eventually be ...

The Columbian recently received regional and national recognition for maintaining a strong, family-owned news company, something we’ve done partly through innovation and partly through legacy. One of ...

BEULAH, N.D. (NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) - The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in ...

Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024, and have since unearthed nine or 10 bones including vertebrae, part of the tail, a tooth and an ankle. Clint Boyd, North Dakota state ...

Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is now Siberia. These biological remnants are providing insight into the last ...

In the final moments of Yuka the woolly mammoth’s life, he may have been trying to outsprint a cave lion. Yuka’s hind legs bear scratches — and in his muscle tissue, scientists have detected molecular ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Dozens of local elementary school children, already energetic from a field trip to the Natural History Museum of Utah, burst into celebration as they were greeted with one last ...

Oscars Best Documentary Feature Commentary (Updated Nov. 26, 2025): As the documentary race comes into sharper focus with DOC NYC ahead, and the Critics Choice Documentary Awards just announced, it’s ...

Sometimes the greatest discoveries are actually rediscoveries. In Canada, for example, researchers revealed North America’s most northeasterly woolly mammoth find after taking a second look at a ...

Allen Thomas covered hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing and other outdoor recreation topics for The Columbian from 1978 to 2017. He passed away Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, from leukemia. He was 73. Allen ...

The Utah Mammoth have a new name, logo, practice facility and renovated arena in their second season in Salt Lake City. And now they have a new mascot. The Mammoth unveiled Tusky on Wednesday, Oct. 15 ...

Tusky, the new Utah Mammoth mascot is introduced to the fans before the game against the Calgary Flames at Delta Center / Rob Gray-Imagn Images After playing their inaugural season in Utah as the Utah ...