FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Cast of Oreodont, John Day Formation With a pig-like body, a sheep-ish silhouette and a distant connection to camels, an oreodont is a lovel...

A spooky adventure with the Fossil Huntress Gather close, curious creatures. Tonight, we’re slipping into the shadows to meet animals whose ...

Baltic Amber. Photo: Harry Tabiner There is something rather wonderful about people who can hold a small piece of stone or amber in their ha...

Frogfish ready for its next meal FROGFISH: THE FISH THAT WALKS, FISHES AND SWALLOWS ITS DINNER WHOLE Imagine a fish that looks like a sponge...

For some of us, our very first fossil found in the field was a belemnite. Smooth, elongated and rather pleasing to the eye and to hold, thes...

A spiral in stone can stop you in your tracks. Follow its curve and the questions arrive almost immediately. What lived inside? Why the ribs...

Built to endure the tests of time, the pyramids of Giza stand as some of the oldest and last remaining wonders of the ancient world.  Rising...

Barnacles All Closed Up One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles.  They cling to ...

Walk along any rocky beach on the Pacific coast after a storm, and you’ll likely find a treasure trove of kelp washed ashore—long ribbons of...

Panopea abrupt (Conrad, 1894) This lovely large fossil bivalve is Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) an extinct species of marine mollusc i...