FOSSIL HUNTRESS

This has been the week for Humpback whales visiting the eastern shores of Vancouver Island. These lovelies are, Megaptera novaeangliae,  a s...

Stemec suntokum , a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, BC We all love the idea of discovering a new species—especially a fossil species lost to ti...

This big beastie is a superb specimen of the ammonite Lobolytoceras costellatum showing the intricate fractal pattern of its septa.  This l...

This fuzzy yellow and black striped fellow is a bumblebee in the genus  Bombus sp.,  family Apidae. We know him from our gardens where we se...

The old adage, you are what you eat, might be best amended to you are what you can digest.  For all the mammals, you and I included, we need...

Time Slows at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park High on the hillside up a long entry road sits the entrance to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in ...

Isotelus rex , the King of Trilobites In the remote limestone flats of northern Manitoba, a remarkable fossil lay undisturbed for nearly hal...

Tucked high in the Canadian Rockies above the tiny hamlet of Field, British Columbia, lies one of the most extraordinary fossil sites on Ear...

Titanites occidentalis , Fernie Ammonite The Fernie ammonite, Titanites occidentalis , from outcrops on Coal Mountain near Fernie, British C...

When we think of prehistoric creatures, dinosaurs usually steal the spotlight. But beneath the ancient waves swam giants just as awe-inspiri...

Unescoceratops koppelhusae , Julius Csotonyi A very sweet small leptoceratopsid dinosaur, Unescoceratops koppelhusae — a new species in th...

Pat Trask with a Fossil Rib Bone. Photo: Rebecca Miller In August of 2020, an incredible elasmosaur fossil—a mighty marine reptile—was unear...

Trent River, Vancouver Island, BC Deep in the moss-draped forests of Vancouver Island, beneath a green canopy of second-growth firs and the ...