Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is a breathtaking landscape filled with colorful badlands, ancient fossils, and ...

While it’s easy to spend just an hour driving the 28-mile (40-kilometer) road through Petrified Forest National Park in ...

Military survey parties passing through the region in the 1850s filled their saddlebags with the petrified wood. As word of these remarkable deposits spread, fossil logs were hauled off by the ...

A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors ...

The Sacramento Mineral Society has monthly meetings open to the public and free programs for children where they can learn about gems and earn patches and badges. There a field trips for people of all ...

PLASMA AGATE, PETRIFIED WOOD OBSIDIAN. THERE’S A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL ... WE’RE GOING TO COLLECT FISH FOSSILS. REALLY? YES. OH MY FOSSILS IN WYOMING. YOU’RE GOING TO GO FISHING?

North Dakota’s Badlands — the name denotes the difficult terrain — comprise a stark, erosive, colorful landscape with dramatic shapes, petrified wood and ancient fossils. The area draws ...