FOSSIL HUNTRESS

This stunning block with the black matrix holds two lovely ammonoids found near the town of Rybinsk in the Yaroslavl region of Russia just n...

The Heteromorph, Jaubertites ( Audouliceras ) renauxianum A stunningly beautiful example of the heteromorph ammonite Jaubertites ( Au...

This Hettangian ammonite, Alsatites proaries , is a lovely example of the cephalopods cruising our ancient oceans at that time. Alsatites is...

From years of field collecting, the drawers of the Geological Survey in Canada are filled to the brim. John Fam, Vice-Chair of the Vancouver...

Grambergia sp . Early Anisian (Middle Triassic) Ammonoid In the early 1980s, Tim Tozer, Geological Survey of Canada was looking at the sprea...

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

This pokey fellow is a Short-beaked Echidna, Tachyclossus aculeatus , which grows to about the size of an overweight cat. They are native to...

An inuksuk or inukshuk, pronounced ih-nook-suuk — the human-shaped stone cairns built by the Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other pe...

A wonderful example of Keuppia levante (Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009), an extinct genus of octopus that swam our ancient seas 95 million...

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 ...

This little cutie is an Antarctic fur seal pup with his Mamma. They belong to the species Arctocephalus gazella and are pinnipeds that live ...

This lovely fellow about to enjoy a tasty snack is a Puffin.  Puffins hunt and munch on small fish, eels, herring, hake and capelin. Their d...

Olenellus is an extinct genus of redlichiid trilobites, with species of average size (about 5 centimetres or 2.0 inches long). It lived du...

Ventral view of the carnivorous portunoid crab Ophthalmoplax brasiliana (Maury, 1930) from the latest Maastrichtian (~66.2 Ma.) deposits ne...

Aepyornis skeleton, Monnier, 1913 One hundred and seventy million years ago, Madagascar was landlocked in the middle of the supercontine...

A young Black Bear cub, Ursus americanus , checks out a frisky, startled Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis , both native species in souther...

This adorable little fellow is a Short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus , one of 15 species of this order. They range in s...

A beautifully articulated Basilemys turtle   forelimb   with osteoderms on the palmar surface. This specimen is from outcrops in the Kaipa...

In April of 2018, Jordan Mallon and Donald Brinkman described a new species of nanhsiungchelyid turtle, Basilemys morrinensis, from a near...

These delightfully friendly and super smart fellows are Bottlenose dolphins. They are marine mammals who live in our world's oceans an...

Young Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus The lovely fellow you see here is a young Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus , with a wee dusting...

We can trace the lineage of barnacles back to the Middle Cambrian. That's half a billion years of data to sift through. But if you div...

I had always grouped the dugongs and manatees together. There are slight differences between these two groups. Both groups belong to the o...

Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identica...

If you take a peek at this well-preserved fossilized crab, you can see the back section of his carapace composed of highly mineralized chi...

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the Phyllum Arthopoda. They inhabit all the world's oceans, many of our freshwater lakes and streams,...

If you happen to be swimming in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region, you may encounter one of the most charming of all the...

South American Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris This little sweetie with his brown fur stripped and dotted with bits of white is a South Ameri...