FOSSIL HUNTRESS

A gull cries in protest at not getting his share of a meal Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the subord...

Gotland: Swedish Island in the Baltic Sea Gotland, a large Swedish island in the Baltic Sea is a rich source of Cambrian brachiopod foss...

One of the most beautiful in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympic Peninsula from Port Angeles to Neah Bay. This stretch of coastline is ...

 

The Terracotta Army is a collection of more than 7,000 life-size figures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, First Emperor of China, se...

Ammonites have intricate patterns on their shells called sutures. The different suture patterns tell us what time period the ammonite is f...

Ammonites were prolific breeders that evolved rapidly. If you could cast a fishing line into our ancient seas, it is likely that you would...

  Those of you who live near the sea understand the compulsion to collect shells. They add a little something to our homes and gardens....

Orca, Black Fish or Killer Whale — these toothed whales in the oceanic dolphin family are one of the most recognized species in the world. T...

When an elephant drinks, it sucks as much as 2 gallons (7.5 liters) of water into its trunk at a time. Then it curls its trunk under, sticks...

What you are seeing here is a protuberance extruding from the venter of Quenstedtoceras cf. leachi (Sowerby). It is a pathology in the shel...

A wonderful replica of Furo Philpotae (Agassiz) fossil fish from the Jurassic of Lyme Regis, UK by Natural Selection Fossils. The origin...

Each year, I grow Ginko and Metasequoia to plant on Earth Day. They serve as an homage to the environment and a offering to Gaia for a cle...

Calcium carbonate reacts with water saturated with carbon dioxide to form the soluble calcium bicarbonate. Bone already contains calcium c...

Varying in size from millimeters to meters across, ammonites are prized as both works of art and index fossils helping us date rock. The...

Desmostylus, Royal Ontario Museum Collection The late Oligocene Sooke Formation outcrops at several coastal localities along the South-w...