Fossils

Thousands of prehistoric artifacts from the region around Laayoune are preserved by one man in this small museum.

Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".

The site of the fossilized remains of some of Earth’s earliest primitive, microbial life forms.

Giant steel and concrete dinosaurs near Route 66 invite passerbys into a mineral shop.

One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.

A public library display of fossils from the ice age.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

Meet cowboys and ancient beardogs at this one-of-a-kind crossroads of Western history.

The remains of the Minatogawa Man found here are among the oldest known skeleton specimens from Japan.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.