As a teen, road trips to Dorset meant three things: Moores biscuits, swimming at the Durdle Door arch, and fossil hunting. We visited the seaside towns of Lyme Regis and Charmouth for exquisite fish ...

Under McFetridge Drive in Chicago, two stories down in the catacombs of the Field Museum of Natural History, Jack Wittry slides open a handmade wooden drawer. There are thousands of such drawers that ...

At first, the day looks like a classic fossil beach hunt: rough waves, shell layers, cliff falls, and the hope of finding a ...

"Featuring more than 400 detailed photographs, maps and fossil illustrations." "Previously published as part of a larger volume, The world encyclopedia of fossils and ...

Along a stretch of England’s southern shoreline, gangs of small children roam the beaches wielding hammers and searching for remains in the rocks. This is not some post-apocalyptic scene, a day at the ...

An 11-year-old girl on a fossil hunt with her father uncovered a chunk of jawbone, leading paleontologists to later identify the bones as belonging to a previously unknown titan of the prehistoric ...

Discover one of Illinois’ most unexpected adventures: a former coal mine turned fossil-hunting hotspot with ancient finds, ...

A 13-year-old fossil enthusiast found a walrus skull in a boulder in northern California in 2011. Eleven years later, a paleontologist has named the formerly unknown extinct species after him. The ...

Looking to beat the summer heat? How about splashing around in creeks hunting for fossils? Fossiling is a hands-on, watery adventure perfect for friends and families looking to explore nature, get a ...