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 Maj 20218min
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 Maj 20216min
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 Maj 202115min
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...
21 Mars 20214min
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 Mars 202111min
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 Mars 20217min
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 Feb 20218min
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 Feb 20218min
