Ice Age fossils are relatively common in Iowa. The UI Museum of Natural History has contributed to several excavations in the state, often in collaboration with faculty, staff, and students from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the Paleontology Repository, and the Office of the State Archaeologist. Read more about these projects below.
Ice Age Research
Mahaska County Mammoths
Mahaska County Mammoths
Multiple mammoth site containing at least one Woolly Mammoth. Discovered in Mahaska County, IA in 2010.
Troublesome Creek Giant Short-faced Bear
Troublesome Creek Giant Short-faced Bear
Iowa's first confirmed Giant Short-faced bear discovery. Found in Cass County, Iowa in 2008
Tarkio Valley Sloth Project
Tarkio Valley Sloth Project
A group of three Giant Ground Sloths; one adult, one adolescent and one juvenile, discovered in Shenandoah, Iowa in 2001
