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Compare Hoof & Tooth Fossils
Activity for grades Kindergarten through 6
More than 35 million years ago, horses thrived in wet forests. Take a close look at horse fossils to see what paleontologists can learn from studying an extinct animal’s bones and teeth.
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In Pictures: Extreme Mammals
Article for grades 3 through 8
From the extinct Cynognathus and Repenomamus to the plant-eating dugongs and manatees, explore some of Earth's most unusual mammals.
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What Killed the Mammoths? Could It Have Been a Killer Plague?
Article for grades 9 through 12
"If you gave 'em a shave, they're very much like a modern elephant," says Ross MacPhee about woolly mammoths. So why did these mammals that were "incredibly buffered against extinction" die out?
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