In the U.S., many states have an official state fossil, or even a designated state dinosaur. Some states recognize an official dinosaur in celebration of the specific region's paleontology, and others ...

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This rosy-pink chunk of petrified wood from Utah's Chinle Formation is the oldest-known fire-scarred fossil. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a ...

Welcome to Bryce Canyon Country, Utah’s gateway to adventure and home to some of the most beautiful terrain on the planet. With red rocks, countless trails, slot canyons, and premier OHV access, this ...

In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago ...

What secrets can we unearth about the future of our planet from this petrified forest in Arizona? Locked within the stones and fossils of Petrified Forest National Park lies a record of life, death, ...

Gideo Barnes examines a selection of fossils at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals on a field trip with Jackson Elementary. (Michal Thompson/The Hillsboro Argus) Fossil fanatics get ready ...

I celebrated early. I couldn’t help myself. Later this year, Petrified Forest will turn 60 years old as a national park and I wanted to honor such a special occasion. But the actual anniversary falls ...

A Colorado resident was arrested in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park on suspicion of stealing 139 pounds of petrified wood. Authorities in the park were tipped off by a visitor who saw a man ...

They said it’d be “peaceful fossil hunting.” They didn’t mention the part where every rock looks like wood and every stick looks like regret. Still, finding petrified wood is like shaking hands with ...