Amazingly, Templeton walked further down the creek and found a vertebra from an ancient whale known as a basilosaurus. So, how does Mississippi hold so many relics of the past that range from ...

Join Andy for some exciting dinosaur fun, travel back in time to the age of the dinosaur and play through your own exciting adventure. Andy, Jen and Scout travel the world in their eco-friendly ...

Egypt’s Sahara desert is home to around 600 Basilosaurus fossils. Basilosaurus means “king lizard,” but this creature was actually ancient whale.

Horse jaw fossils that were found in Mississippi are seen at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson, Miss., on April 30, 2025. “The females are differentiated from the males by ...

Basilosaurus sp. – fossil whale skull (cast) from the Eocene of Egypt. (public display, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA). By James St. John – Basilosaurus sp. (fossil whale) ...

The specimen has been tentatively named “Perucetus colossus,” reflecting both its geographic origin and its enormous size. However, formal classification requires more comprehensive study, including ...

and the carnivorous fossil whale Basilosaurus. The same techniques used to estimate the bone-crushing bite of the Rancor are now part of modern palaeontologists’ toolkit. In contrast to modern animals ...

A solar eclipse! That’s definitely something to stay awake for.

Mississippi is a state located in the Southeast of the United States. Wildlife in Mississippi includes many marine animals, and this was the case even during prehistoric times. According to studies, ...