For over 300 million years, the ammonites ruled the prehistoric seas. Finding an ammonite fossil isn’t particularly rare (they can be unearthed all over the world) but they’re still thrilling to ...

Amateur fossil hunters have been digging at a spot near Mitchell, Oregon for years. They’ve found plenty of ammonites, and one dinosaur toe bone. A few years ago, the Bureau of Land Management granted ...

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 ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...

FARGO -- A retired labor and delivery nurse turned fossil hunter has chiseled her way to the big time in the world of paleontology, one field trip at a time. Joyce Grier, age 71 from Hawley, Minn., ...

Some fossils of long-extinct sea creatures display brilliant rainbow colors. Known as ammolite, these gems come from the fossilized shells of ammonites, squid-like marine animals that vanished with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harry Tabiner says the thrill of finding a fossil gives him the "wow factor" [BBC] The East Yorkshire coast attracts thousands of ...