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McWane Collections In the News
Scientific research at McWane Science Center has made global headlines. Explore various news stories and media items written about scientific discoveries and specimens in the McWane Collection.
McWane Collections In the News
- Digging Up Alabama History: Shark Teeth, Sea Monsters & Whale Brains
- Dino or whale? Basilosaurus takes over Birmingham—why you need to see this exhibit now
- Alabama’s Basilosaurus: How you can see this massive prehistoric whale
- McWane Science Center just unveiled a newly installed Basilosaurus skeleton
- Meet Alabama’s Giant Fossil Whale
- Samford Junior Madison Dorsey Pursues Passion for Shark Biology at McWane Science Center.
- Family finds 32-million-year-old sea turtle fossil while fishing
- 32-million-year-old turtle shell found on Alabama’s Gulf Coast leads to discovery of new species
- Gone fishing, found a fossil: Mobile family finds 32M-year-old sea turtle preserved in South Alabama river
- Alabama family discovers 32-million-year-old sea turtle fossil
- Alabama family’s fishing trip leads to 32-million-year fossil find
- From one-in-a-million fossil to Baldwin County classrooms: The journey of the leatherback sea turtle fossil
- 32-million-year-old sea turtle fossil discovered in south Alabama
- What a Fisherman’s Discovery in Alabama Is Teaching Scientists About Ancient Seas
- Family Fishing Trip Leads to “One-in-a-Million” Fossil Discovery
- This ancient turtle was trapped in stone for 32 million years, until someone finally noticed
- Ueloca colemanorum: A Fossil That Carries the Voice of the Poarch Creek Indians
- Researchers Discover a New Species of Extinct Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Fossil of Extinct Leatherback Reveals Clues About Their Evolutionary Past
- Alabama family finds 32-million-year-old sea turtle fossil: ‘Something I will never forget’
- 32-Million-Year-old Fossil Leatherback Sea Turtle Is A New Species
- Old turtle, National Guard, new restaurant: Down in Alabama
- Alabama Family Fishing Trip Leads to Ancient Turtle Fossil Discovery
- A Family Found This Giant Fossil (and Discovered a New Species) While Fishing in Alabama
- Alabama paleontologist uncovers prehistoric treasures at McWane Science Center
- Finding fossils was a happy accident after Dauphin Island beach renourishment
- Extinct Shark’s Teeth Had Their Own Needle-Like Fangs
- Three new ancient shark species discovered in Alabama and Kentucky
- This prehistoric shark with ‘fangs’ was top predator just after dinosaurs died
- New Species of Prehistoric Shark Had Teeth With Tiny Fangs
- Scientists accidentally discover prehistoric shark with vampire-like teeth
- 65-million-year-old fossil of new shark species discovered in Alabama
- Prehistoric Shark’s Teeth Had Their Own Tiny Fangs, Alabama Fossils Reveal
- 100-year-old box of teeth leads to discovery of fossil shark species
- 30-million-year-old fossil shark species discovered in Summerville
- New 30 Million-Year-Old Fossil Shark Species Discovered in Summerville
- New 30 Million-Year-Old Fossil Shark Species Discovered in Summerville
- New 30 Million-Year-Old Fossil Shark Species Discovered in Summerville
- New species of fossil shark discovered in Summerville
- New species of fossil shark discovered in SC
- McWane Science Center helps discover 40-million-year-old fossil shark species
- Woolly mammoths, sabertooth cats and more roamed Alabama in the last Ice Age
- Alabama Black Belt among world’s top sites to find ancient sea monsters
- Vast network of Alabama caves reveals hidden fossils, endangered ecosystem
- Alabama’s ancient coal swamps were a hot, sticky mess of giant trees and massive insects
- Birmingham became the Magic City thanks to an ancient bacteria
- 84 million years ago, a massive meteorite strikes ancient Alabama
- Hunting the largest shark ever in ancient Alabama
- Alabama’s Little River Canyon shows how ancient forces shaped the state
- Stunning White Cliffs of Alabama hint at the forces that shaped the Black Belt
- Hunting for Appalachiosaurus, apex predator of ancient Alabama
- Ancient Alabama once had mountains taller than Everest
- A shark that roamed the primeval sea named in honor of Charlotte man
- 65 Million year old ancient fossil shark discovered in Alabama by McWane Science Center
- SC museum announces discovery of two new shark species from Paleogene Period
- A shark that roamed the primeval sea named in honor of Charlotte man
- A shark that roamed the primeval sea named in honor of Charlotte man
- A shark that roamed the primeval sea named in honor of Charlotte man
- A shark that roamed the primeval sea named in honor of Charlotte man
- State Museum curator, team of scientists discover two new fossil shark species
- 65 Million-Year-Old Shark Found in Alabama Is New Species
- Birmingham’s McWane Science Center announces two new fossil shark discoveries
- New shark species discovered in Lowndes County
- New shark species discovered in Lowndes County
- Gulf State Park visitor finds a fossilized Great White Shark Tooth
- Is this a 5 million-year-old tooth?
- Man finds 2.6 to 5 million-year-old Great White Shark tooth on Dauphin Island
- Scientist: Fossils reveal Alabama most biodiverse state in the country
- Meet the new ancient shark species found in southern Alabama
- Asmodochelys parhami: A new species of Ctenochelyid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi
- Newly discovered ancient shark named for Birmingham volunteer
- New turtle genus and species that sheds light on the evolution of its modern relatives
- 75 million-year-old sea turtle fossil discovery is a new genus and species that sheds light on the evolution of its modern relatives
- 45 years and 11 boards. How the Lowery’s give back to Birmingham
- Paleo Profile: The Bryant’s Shark
- 83 million-year-old Bryant sharks swam in ancient Alabama seas, gave birth to monstrous Megalodon sharks
- Cretalamna Bryanti: New Dinosaur-Era Shark, Ancestor to Fierce and Ancient Megalodon, Discovered in Alabama
- Nenek Moyang Hiu Terbesar Ternyata Berukuran Kecil, Lo!
- On the Trail of Megalodon Ancestors
- 83 million-year-old shark that lived during dinosaur age likely the ancestor of largest ever shark
- Vědci identifikovali předchůdce největšího žraloka, který kdy žil na naší planetě
- WFS News: Fossil Teeth Link Beast to Earth’s Largest Shark
- Megalodon Ancestor: Fossil Teeth Link Beast to Earth’s Largest Shark
- Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant now has an ancient shark species named after him
- Shark species named after Alabama legend Bear Bryant
- Alabama scientists have discovered a new shark named for ‘Bear’ Bryant family
- Hidden in plain sight
- Paleo Profile: The Dawn Rough Tooth
- Dinosaur discovered in Alabama named
- Science Briefs: Dinosaur unearthed in Alabama points to duck-bills developing in ancient Appalachia
- Extraordinary fossil find sheds light on duck-billed dinosaurs
- New Species of Duck-Billed Dinosaur Discovered
- Eotrachodon: 83 million-year-old ‘ugly’ duck-billed dinosaur skeleton discovered in Alabama
- New 83-million-year-old, rare dinosaur species identified
- Remains of previously undiscovered dinosaur species found in Alabama creek
- New 83-million-year-old, rare dinosaur species identified
- Eotrachodon orientalis: New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Species Discovered
- Researchers discover new dinosaur species in Appalachia
- Primitive Hadrosaur Fossil Reveals “Duck-Billed” Dinosaurs Originated In Eastern United States
- Researchers Discover New Dinosaur Species In Appalachia
- Nolesaurus: FSU biologist helps determine new species of dinosaur
- Fossil of duck-billed dinosaur found along Alabama creek
