By DONNA BURROUGHS, EDS Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation BOURBON — Third graders at Triton Elementary School learn that clues found in rocks tell us about the plants and animals that lived long ago. How can we learn about those creatures that are extinct? By finding fossils, of course. Fossils can tell us what once …read more.

CHELSEA, Mich. — Has something ancient been unearthed near Chelsea, Mich.,? Paleontologists from the University of Michigan spent the day digging up the bones of an adult woolly mammoth.

Yesterday, scientists announced the discovery of a prehistoric crocodile ancestor that roamed North Carolina 231 million years ago. The 9 foot long beast, named Carnufex carolinensis which translates to “Carolina Butcher,” walked around on its hind legs and ate early mammal relatives and other small prey. The skull, spine and upper forelimb of the huge …read more.