9+ hour, 11+ min ago  (958+ words) Mississippi is known for its diverse geography with the flat land of the Delta, hills in the northeast and the pine flats to the south, but there was a time when it was vastly different and some of the animals…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (676+ words) A Mississippi woman was a part of a team hunting for fossils along the Chickasawhay River in Southeast Mississippi, and she would have been happy to find anything. What she discovered was a rare, fossilized jawbone from a dugong, an…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (656+ words) Two Mississippi teenagers went to a creek on a hot summer day in June and not only did they find relief from the heat, they discovered a fossil from a giant animal that went extinct more than 10, 000 years ago. "It…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (546+ words) Scientists searching for fossils in Yazoo County recently came across an interesting find "bones of a giant whale that was an apex predator of its day. The whale is known as a basilosaurus and finding remains of them isn't highly…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1197+ words) Mississippi has changed over millions of years and everything from sea monster to dire wolf fossils can be found here. Mississippi is rich in fossils from creatures that lived long ago, and in recent years, many fascinating finds have turned…...