FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the order Xiphosura — a slowly evolving, conservative taxa. Much like (slow) Wat...

Cannibalistic Comb Jellies This festive lantern looking lovely belongs to a group of invertebrates known as comb jellies. Comb jellies are n...

This fierce predator with the luxurious coat is Smilodon fatalis — a compact but robust killer that weighed in around 160 to 280 kg and was...

This bronzed beauty is the Middle Devonian, Eifelian (~395 mya) trilobite, Paralejurus rehamnanus (Alberti, 1970) from outcrops near Issoum...

Puffins are any of three small species of alcids or auks in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding se...

Nevada is a wonderful place to explore our palaeontological history. The state spans a broad spectrum of exposures showcasing the depth of g...

Natural dyes are dyes or colourants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The colours they give us range from muddy to vibrant ...

North Cascades National Park, Washington State, USA Over vast expanses of time, powerful tectonic forces have massaged the western edg...

This has been the week for Humpback whales visiting the eastern shores of Vancouver Island. These lovelies are, Megaptera novaeangliae,  a s...

Look at how this protective mamma bear holds her cub in her arms to give him a bit of a wash.  Her gentle maternal care is truly touching. ...

Aioloceras besairiei (Collingnon, 1949) A stunning example of the internal suturing with calcite infill in this sliced  Aioloceras besa...

A beautiful specimen of the ammonite, Anahoplites planus (Mantell, 1822) from Albian deposits in Villemoyenne Quarry, Courcelles, Aube, nor...

A sweet as you please example of Keuppia levante (Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009), an extinct genus of octopus that swam our ancient seas ...

Living and Fossil Ginko biloba The gorgeous yellow lobed leaf you see here is from a Maidenhair Tree — Ginko . These lovelies grow slowly bu...

Hylonomus lyelli, Ancestor of all dinosaurs The fossil cliffs at Joggins are one of Canada's gems, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, yo...