FOSSIL HUNTRESS

You are cordially invited to the 15th BCPA Symposium, August 22-25, 2025 at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay in the Comox Valley, Va...

One of my favourite pairs of earrings are a simple set of pearls. I have worn them pretty much every day since 2016 when I received them as ...

The festive lassie you see here is an Anglerfish. They always look to be celebrating a birthday of some kind, albeit solo. This party is h...

Qikiqtania wakei , a fishapod & relative to tetrapods You will likely recall the amazing tetrapodomorpha fossil found on Ellesmere Islan...

This fuzzy yellow and black striped fellow is a bumblebee in the genus  Bombus sp.,  family Apidae. We know him from our gardens where we se...

Isotelus rex , the King of Trilobites In the remote limestone flats of northern Manitoba, a remarkable fossil lay undisturbed for nearly hal...

Tucked high in the Canadian Rockies above the tiny hamlet of Field, British Columbia, lies one of the most extraordinary fossil sites on Ear...

When we think of prehistoric creatures, dinosaurs usually steal the spotlight. But beneath the ancient waves swam giants just as awe-inspiri...

Pat Trask with a Fossil Rib Bone. Photo: Rebecca Miller In August of 2020, an incredible elasmosaur fossil—a mighty marine reptile—was unear...

This well-preserved partial ichthyosaur was found in the Blue Lias shales by Lewis Winchester-Ellis. The vertebrae you see here are from t...

Stretching the legs on a Spring stroll Some of Vancouver Island’s many bears take a stroll through the wilds in the Comox Valley.  While stu...

Stemec suntokum , Sooke Formation The diving bird you see here is Stemec suntokum , a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, British Columbia, Canada....