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Homecoming bonfire

A Mammoth Homecoming

Homecoming is always a great opportunity to reconnect with Amherst College, but this weekend will also provide a chance to meet the newest face in the family picture: our mammoth.
Big Bird and Snuffleupagus

Pop Goes the Mammoth

Sometimes cuddly, sometimes fierce, and often used to connote things wild and ancient, the mammoth lumbers its way through pop culture time and time again.
Bebu the Amherst Mamtoh

Mr. Mammoth and the New (Old) Bebu

In the Beneski Museum of Natural History—where students refer to the giant mammoth skeleton on permanent display as “Bebu,” in tribute—the guides were particularly excited to hear about the College’s new mascot.
Beneski Museum

A Mammoth Resurrection

While teams of scientists around the world are reportedly racing to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, members of the College community know that one particular mammoth was actually resurrected on April 3.