In Alabama most people are probably familiar with the state bird, the Yellowhammer, or the state tree, the Longleaf pine but they may be more surprised by the state's fossil, a giant ancient whale.

The fossils the center examined were unearthed over 100 years ago in the state’s Wilcox County. Then McWane Science Center Director of Collections Jun Ebersole uncovered them.

In Alabama, McWane Science Center displays prehistoric dinosaur bones, ... Oklahoma’s state fossil—a Saurophaganax Maximus skull—was discovered in the 1930s in Cimarron County.

A high school teacher from Oneonta, Ashley Allen, has made a significant archaeological discovery in Walker County, Alabama, that is drawing int ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A high school student and her biology teacher recently discovered a 30-million-year-old fossil whale skeleton on a farm owned by the student’s family in Monroe ...

“I’ve been collecting fossils in Alabama for more than 30 years, and this was easily one of the best fossil sites I’ve seen anywhere in the state,” Gentry said.

Alabama School of Math and Science student Lindsey Stallworth works with fossils in her high school’s research space. This summer, she and a professor discovered a rare, 30-million-year-old ...

“I’ve been collecting fossils in Alabama for more than 30 years, and this was easily one of the best fossil sites I’ve seen anywhere in the state,” Gentry said.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A high school student and her biology teacher recently discovered a 30-million-year-old fossil whale skeleton on a farm owned by the student’s family in Monroe ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A high school student and her biology teacher recently discovered a 30-million-year-old fossil whale skeleton on a farm owned by the student’s family in Monroe County, ...