Paleontologists Still Unveiling Snowmass Ice Age Fossils

Scientists are still examining some of the mammoth bones found at a big dig in Snowmass. The discovery took place more than three years ...

Snowmass paleontologist shares Ice Age understandings

The so-called Snowmastodon site at Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass is the largest fossil discovery in Colorado history.

Snowmass Village excavation unearths mysteries from the Ice Age

Ice Age Discovery at Snowmass is a new set of murals, installations and information about the Snowmastodon fossils discovered at the ski ...

The Fossils - Snowmass Ice Age Discovery

But you will see the same aspen, fir and oak species they saw. Because while most large prehistoric animals are extinct, 89% of the plant species still call ...

Construction Crew Unearths Ice Age Fossils - VOA News

Last year, a construction crew using heavy machinery to expand a local reservoir discovered the bones of Ice Age animals dating back 50,000 to ...

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Excavation Crews to Complete ...

Note to Reporters and Editors: This will be the last daily Field Report from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science's Ice Age fossil excavation at Ziegler ...

Mammoth tales thawed out after 13 years - Aspen Daily News

“More importantly than mastodon fossils coming out of that site, it turned out to be one of the most outstanding Ice Age discovery sites in the ...

A Deep Dive into the Snowmass Ice Age Discovery | Frias Properties

Hundreds of people worked to help unearth thousands of prehistoric fossils from the site, making it the richest Ice Age ecosystem ever found at high altitudes.

Digging Up the Past: CC Alumni Help Uncover Major Ice Age ...

Once the dig was underway about six months later, the Snowmastodon team uncovered a host of Ice Age animals, including many not previously found fossilized in ...

The Snowmastodon Project ™ - YouTube

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has launched its largest ever fossil excavation project -- involving 36 scientific experts, ...

Museum reaches agreements to resume Snowmass fossil dig

The fossils are currently being preserved in the museum's conservation lab in preparation for scientific study. The agreement between the museum ...

Ice Age history frozen in time at dig near Snowmass Village

As of last week, diggers had found more than 200 bones. One expert estimated that tusks and other pieces of perhaps a dozen mastodons are at the ...

The Snowmastodon Project ™ - YouTube

When Dr. Ian Miller, curator of paleontology here at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, received a call in mid-October that a bulldozer ...

Uncovering mammoths at the Snowmastodon site in Colorado

Fossils are on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. You can visit for free the Ice Age Discovery Center at the Snowmass Village ...

Scientists share emerging insights on the “Snowmastodon” site

... Ice Age species from the mud of. ... This photo of Ziegler Reservoir, the site of the fossil find in Snowmass, was taken in late July.

Follow the Fossil: Unearthing Ice Age Mysteries | La Brea Tar Pits

Paleontologist Mairin Balisi thought it might be interesting to CT scan the unusual hip fossils. And it is a good thing she did! Surprisingly, the imaging ...

Ice age museum may resurface in Base Village application

A permanent home for Snowmass' ice age fossils is expected to be unveiled ... Snowmass discovery among top tier paleontologists, as the ...

Snowmass Ice Age Discovery - SPOKE+BLOSSOM

In 2010, a construction crew digging at Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass discovered the richest Ice Age paleontological site ever found at high ...

Mammoths and mastodons lived the high life in Colorado

But at the edge of the ski runs, under a man-made reservoir used for making snow, lie the ice-age stars of Snowmass Village: giant ground sloths, long ...

8 places to visit on a paleontologist's perfect fossil road trip

What they found was astounding: over 35,000 fossils, belonging to many different types of Ice Age animals, like mammoths, mastodons, giant ...