FOSSIL HUNTRESS

One of the most satisfying moments is taking in a sunset after a long days hike. Pure visual poetry. Peaceful, meditative and well-earned....

There was a large downpour of rain that hit Washington State. It resulted in a huge slide at Sumas Mountain that revealed several large ex...

A few years ago, I had the very great honour of having a new species of ammonite named after me by paleontologist, Lous...

There are many fossil sites around Vancouver, British Columbia. Sadly, the volume and preservation of these fossils is far from ideal. ...

Steeped in mist and mythology, the islands of the Queen Charlottes abound in local lore that surrounds their beginnings. Today, the Hecate...

The strata near Nanaimo and much of eastern Vancouver Island is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Nanaimo Group. These muds...

The Cambrian was a time of expansion for the Earth's complex animal forms. Molluscs and arthropods and their friends with hard shells a...

This lovely ocean dancer with her long delicate tentacles or lappets and thicker rouched oral arms is a jellyfish.  Her brethren are playing...

Koala, Phasscolarctos cinereus , are truly adorable marsupials native to Australia. These cuddly "teddy bears" are not bears at al...

Toe to Toe with a Theropod — In the outcrops around Clarens, South Africa. We get a bird's eye view (or Theropod's eye view) of life...

Petrified wood is amazing to behold in person. The original tree or branch is sometimes subjected to such a high degree of replacement tha...

The Cretaceous-Jurassic exposures near Harrison Lake, British Columbia are an easy two hour drive from Vancouver and another hour or so t...

This lovely big fellow is Tylostoma tumidum , an epifaunal grazing Lower Cretaceous Gastropod from white, micritic, coarsely nodular limes...

Living Fossil / Comb Jelly / Ctenophore This lovely invertebrate is a Comb Jelly, a living fossil. Coined by Charles Darwin, the term “l...

Look how epic this little guy is!  He is a crab — and if you asked him, the fiercest warrior that ever lived. While that may not be strictly...