FOSSIL HUNTRESS

The dinosaurs of Australia disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous, as they did the world over. Their departure marked the end of the s...

Chuckanut Drive is much younger than other parts of Washington. The fossils found there lived and died some 40-55 million years ago, very cl...

Calcium Carbonate: Mother Natures Little Helper

No visit to BC's Peace Region is complete without a trip to the Tumbler Ridge Museum. In 2000, Mark Turner and Daniel Helm were tubing d...

We soak up the breathtaking views after a long morning's paddle. The east and south sides of our route are bound by the imposing white p...

Hatshepsut, whose name means, "Foremost of Noble Ladies, was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the time o...

Dragonflies, from the order Odonata, have been around for over 250 million years. The most conspicuous difference in their evolution over ti...

Over vast expanses of time, powerful tectonic forces have massaged the western edge of the continent, smashing together a seemingly endless ...

We may one day have wooly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), extinct since the Pleistocene, roaming around zoos and colder climes. At least i...

Orchidaceae get their name from the Greek ὄρχις (órkhis), which literally means "testicle", a nod to the naughty nub shape of thei...

Looking down at the pebbly sand, you see just the wee top of this lovely fossil brachiopod poking out. Glee, delight and wonder follow as ...

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. ...