Mastodons like the one on display at the Museum of Science and History roamed our region for thousands of years. The story of their extinction and discovery takes us on an adventure from Thomas Jefferson to the last great ice age.

Written by Louella Weaver, edited by Caroline Carrico, produced by Katie Quinlan and Luke Ramsey, with music from Drop Ceiling, Lance Conrad, and Sully Allen.  This illustration of a mastodon is by Heinrich Harder.