First Nation Shell Middens And True OystersOne of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida...
Zenaspis: Lower Devonian Bony Fish Of Podolia, UkraineA Devonian bony fish mortality plate showing a lower shield of Zenaspis podolica (Lankester, 1869)...
Oil in Water Beauty: Euhoplites of FolkstoneSheer beauty — a beautiful Euhoplites ammonite from Folkstone, UK. These lovelies have a pleasing...
Carnotaurus sastrei: Flesh Eating BullCarnotaurus sastrei, a genus of large theropod dinosaurs that roamed the southern tip of Argentina...
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This beautiful specimen is Protoaster Haefneri, a new species of edrioasteroid, an extinct lower Cambrian genus of echinoderm from the Kinzers Formation of York County, Pennsylvania. The specimen was found by and named after Chris Haefner, and is set to be "unveiled" this September at a conference in Moscow, Russia. This is one of only two specimens of this new lower Cambrian genus of echinoderm found in the 520 million years shales of the Kinzers. 
Coahuilaceratops or "Coahuila Horn Face," is a relatively new genus of Ornithischia Ceratopsidae, a herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur who lived during the Upper Cretaceous (late Campanian) near the town of Porvenir de Jalpa (about 64 km / 40 miles west of Saltillo) in what is now southern Coahuila (formerly Coahuila de Zaragoza), northern Mexico.
A wreck with tales to tell at Naikoon in Haida Gwaii. The islands have gone by many names. To the people who call the islands home, Haida Gwaii means “island of the people,” it is a shortened version of an earlier name, Haadala Gwaii-ai, or “taken out of concealment.” 
“When the tide is out, the table is set.” This wisdom from those who call Haida Gwaii home is still true today. The enormous difference between high and low tide in Haida Gwaii – up to twenty three vertical feet – means that twice a day, vast swathes of shellfish are unveiled, free for the taking. 