The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) will host Fun Friday: Backyard Wildlife on July 18. Attendees will be able to learn more about the natural world just ...

The Museum of Natural Science has "snow much fun" for all. On Friday and Saturday, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., museum families can participate in activities such as face painting, creating holiday crafts, ...

Have fun and learn about snakes of Mississippi at World Snake Day at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.

Mississippi is a diverse place that is rich in culture and with that comes a lot of interesting and beautiful places to visit ...

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science If you’re looking for a fun and educational experience for your kids, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is a great option.

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality geologists use plaster on Aug. 3 to cover a mammoth tusk found in Madison County, Miss. (Eddie Templeton) ...

Templeton "knew it was a tusk" when he saw it, and notified the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's Office of Geology and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. But, he said, "It ...

Still, that’s pretty big. “ [B]ig enough to keep most people out of the water if it was swimming around today,” added Mississippi Museum of Natural Science paleontology curator George Phillips.

A man who was exploring in Madison County, Mississippi, found a 7-foot, Ice Age-era Columbian mammoth tusk before scientists arrived to evaluate the rare discovery.

George Phillips, paleontologist with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, said the Columbian mammoth tusk that was recently found in Mississippi is the first officially documented in the state.

Coming across the 7-foot-long tusk, which turned out to be completely intact, and sharing it with George Phillips, the curator of paleontology at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, proved ...