Staff photo by Matt Liparota A cast of an American lion skull on display at the Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main St. in Rockford. The original skull is over 25,000 years old. Staff photo ...
The fossilized tooth of an ancient American Lion has been discovered on the drying banks of the Mississippi river. The animal hasn't been seen on American soil since the last Ice Age and finds of this ...