FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Paper clams or "flat clams" were widespread in the Triassic. They often dominate the rocks in which they are found, as in these sp...

A cool morning breeze keeps the mosquitoes down as we pack our kayaks and gear for today’s paddling journey.  It is day four of our holiday,...

Puffins are any of three small species of alcids or auks in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding se...

Tetralophodon ("four-ridged tooth") is an extinct proboscidean genus belonging to the superfamily Elephantoidea.  Their fossils h...

Hallstatt Salt Mines, Austria / Permian Salt Diapir The Hallstatt Limestone is the world's richest Triassic ammonite unit, yielding ...

North Cascades National Park, Washington State, USA Over vast expanses of time, powerful tectonic forces have massaged the western edg...

This fierce predator with the luxurious coat is Smilodon fatalis — a compact but robust killer that weighed in around 160 to 280 kg and was...

Look deep into the knowing eye of this magnificent one. He is a Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae,  a species of baleen whale for whom...

Back in the Cretaceous in what is now the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, a group of mighty spinosaur with an unusual split sail were pl...

Deep inside the largest and deepest gold mine in North America scientists are looking for dark matter particles and neutrinos instead of...

This little cutie is a hermit crab and he is wearing a temporary home borrowed from one of our mollusc friends.  His body is a soft, squishy...

Reconstruction of Prosaurolophus maximus When this good looking fellow was originally described by Brown, Prosaurolophus maximus was kno...

Mesmerizing, delicate and seemingly impossible — this lovely luminescent denizen of the sea has been living in our oceans for more than half...

Cretaceous Plant Material / Three Brothers Formation Vancouver has a spectacular mix of mountains, forests, lowlands, inlets and rivers ...