Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to ...

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ (MDWFP) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) invites you to join a distinguished lineup of experts as they share their latest ...

Dire wolves stalk modern imagination as fantasy mascots, but the real animals were Ice Age predators that lived, hunted, and ...

This ancient people lived in the Sahara when it was a much more welcoming environment.

Key pointsScientists constructed a family tree for butterflies in the genus Adelpha, which are native to North and South America and display ...

Held February through October, the hour-long lectures are included with Museum admission or MMNS Foundation Membership.

Responsible voices will argue that in order to succeed, this new government must look forward and focus on kitchen-table ...