The last time researchers found a nearly complete Steller's sea cow skeleton was 30 years ago, when an almost 10-foot-long (3 m) specimen was discovered on Bering Island, Russia, he said.

Prior to this find, the last full skeleton of a Steller’s sea cow was found on the same island in 1987 and ended up at the Aleutian Museum of Natural History in Nikolskoye, Traverso reports.

The bones lay in precise order—the head bone connected to the neck bone, the neck bone connected to the back bone, and so on. All the cow skeleton seemed to need was a breath of life, and all its ...

The 10-ton specimen lacks a skull and several bones, but it has 45 vertebrae, 27 ribs, and a left scapula. The well-preserved skeleton will be displayed at the visitor center, nature reserve ...

I recognized the pattern, bars of yellow bone laid evenly in the form of a rib cage. The greasy cow skeleton was complete, with ribs, pelvis, spine, legs and even mandibles submerged in earth.

The specimen does not have a skull and several bones, but researchers found it having 27 ribs, 45 vertebrae, and a left scapula. Nature reserve officials said that the skeleton will be displayed ...

JAMESTOWN — The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown is now home to "Samantha," a complete bison skeleton that is estimated to be 8,000 to 10,000 years old.