FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Imagine standing on the edge of a warm, subtropical floodplain 66 million years ago.  The air hums with insects, dragonflies dart over shall...

Ichthyosaur Vertebrae found by Lewis Winchester-Ellis This well-preserved partial ichthyosaur was found in the Blue Lias shales by Lewis Win...

Few dinosaurs are as instantly recognizable as Stegosaurus , with its double row of towering bony plates and spiked tail.  This impressive h...

Glorious Parasaurolophus art work by Daniel Eskridge Morning mist curls along the banks of a wide, slow river. The air is heavy with the ear...

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...

Autumn is a wonderful time to explore Vancouver. It is a riot of yellow, orange and green. The fallen debris you crunch through send up waft...

A superbly prepped and extremely rare Lytoceras (Suess, 1865) ammonite found as a green ammonite nodule by Matt Cape in the Lower Lias of D...

In a kingdom of waves and drifting kelp, the sea otters reign—rolling, tumbling, and spinning like acrobats in the surf.  With shells for dr...

Nootka Fossil Field Trip. Photo: John Fam The rugged west coast of Vancouver Island offers spectacular views of a wild British Columbia. Her...

Seals—those sleek, playful creatures that glide through our oceans and lounge on rocky shores—are part of a remarkable evolutionary story st...

The air reeks of rust, salt, and old oil as you step onto the weathered ground of Stromness, an abandoned whaling station on the northern co...

One of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida , (Carpenter, 1864).   While rare today...

Bison move across the prairie like living storms, vast and steady, with the weight of centuries in their stride.  Their dark eyes hold a qui...