North America’s Rocky Mountain Trench

North America’s Rocky Mountain Trench

North America's Rocky Mountain Trench, also known as the Valley of a Thousand Peaks, is a large valley on the western side of the northern part of North America's Rocky Mountains. This massive rift valley stretches all the way from the British Columbia-Yukon border south to the St. Ignatius area and can be seen from space.

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Fool’s Gold: Betting On Gold Prospects

Fool’s Gold: Betting On Gold Prospects

When I was little, maybe 5 or 6 years old, I struck gold! Well, it wasn't real gold, but I was most convinced. Someone had dumped a tailings pile near the woods where I lived and in the sun, those cru...

27 Touko 20218min

José Bonaparte: Master of the Mesozoic

José Bonaparte: Master of the Mesozoic

One of the most delightful palaeontologists to grace our Earth was José Fernando Bonaparte (14 June 1928 – 18 February 2020). He was an Argentinian paleontologist who you'll know as the discoverer of ...

20 Touko 20216min

The Great Karoo of South Africa

The Great Karoo of South Africa

The Great Karoo was formed in a vast inland basin starting 320 million years ago, at a time when that part of Gondwana which would eventually become Africa, lay over the South Pole. The Karoo records ...

12 Touko 202115min

Marble Canyon: Stromatolites in Limestone

Marble Canyon: Stromatolites in Limestone

Marble Canyon in British Columbia, Canada is a lovely place to hike. Here you can see some of the oldest freshwater stromatolites on Earth and one of our oldest lifeforms. The canyon's name comes from...

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Love the Wild: Australia’s Fossil Megafauna

Love the Wild: Australia’s Fossil Megafauna

Australia has always held appeal as a country with weird and wonderful wildlife. This is as true today as it was back in the Pleistocene — 2.5 million years ago to 11,500 years ago.

5 Maalis 202111min

The Shifting Earth: Plate Tectonics

The Shifting Earth: Plate Tectonics

Plate tectonics looks at Earth’s outer layer. It is made up of large, moving pieces called plates. All of Earth’s land and water sit on these plates. The plates are made of solid rock. Under the plate...

2 Maalis 20217min

Amber: Fossilized Tree Resin

Amber: Fossilized Tree Resin

Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its colour and natural beauty since the Neolithic. We find amber around the globe, generally in rocks that are Cretaceous or younger. Tree ...

21 Helmi 20218min

Ammonite Valentine: Upper Cretaceous Brannen Lake Motorcross Pit

Ammonite Valentine: Upper Cretaceous Brannen Lake Motorcross Pit

One of the classic Vancouver Island fossil localities is the Santonian-Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous Haslam Formation Motocross Pit near Brannen Lake, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The quarry ...

14 Helmi 20218min

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