 | Geological History of Alabama - Part 2
Careful examination of fossil history reveals that dinosaurs were indeed present in Alabama, and that sea levels rose and fell many times over the ages.
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| Painted Hills and Fossil Beds
Volcanic ash formed the multicolored hills in central Oregon; nearby fossil beds reveal that lush forests covered the region millions of years ago.
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| Digging the Past
A search for fossils among Maryland's sedimentary stone reveals an amazing array of plant life as well as a number of sea-dwellers.
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| Digging the Past - Part 2
A group of Maryland students get a hands-on education as they search for fossils in the countryside.
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| Geological History of Alabama - Part 1
From the fiery beginning of the planet to the cool seabeds that spawned life on Earth, geological history can be studied by examining rocks in the ground.
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| Badlands National Park - Creekbed
Evidence of an ocean long gone and baby birds newly born can be found along a small creek at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
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| Badlands National Park - White River Badlands
The erosive power of the White River shaped South Dakota's Badlands, carving through sedimentary layers and revealing fossils of animals long extinct.
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| Rabbit Valley, Colorado - Dinosaur Fossils
Surrounded by the living plants and animals of Rabbit Valley, Colorado, the fossilized bones of dinosaurs have rested in sandstone for millions of years.
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| Kelleys Island, Lake Erie - Limestone Quarry
Layers of silt deposited by an ocean now long gone became the layers of fossil-filled limestone visible today at Ohio's Kelleys Island.
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| Digging for Bones
A chance find by a man looking for lizards resulted in a discovery of mammoth proportions.
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| Fossil Butte, Wyoming - Fossil Quarry
Though it is now an arid, desert-like region, Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming contains the fossils of many water-dwelling organisms.
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| Woodburn Archeological Discovery
Bones from a giant extinct bird, a tooth from an ancient sloth and hairs from a prehistoric human are among the archeological finds at a site in Oregon.
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| Tucson Fossil Show
The Tucson Fossil Show is the single most important marketplace for museum directors who come to purchase rare specimens from around the world.
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| Wallowa Mountain Fossils
Fossils of creatures that once inhabited the ocean floor can be found in the rocky slopes of Oregon's Wallowa mountains.
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| Fossil Museum
Eons ago, what is now Indiana was under the sea, which is why today thousands of fossils of ancient sea life can be found at the Falls of the Ohio.
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| Kentucky's Big Bone Lick State Park
Once the site of an ancient sulfur spring that attracted numerous 'big boned' mammals, Big Bone Lick now features fossilized bones and live herds of bison.
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| Iowa's Diverse Fossils
A variety of fossils from both ancient forests and marine origins can be found near Iowa's coal deposits.
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| Iowa's Geology - Fossils, Sediments and Loess
Iowa's geological history can be traced back through the layers in the earth.
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| Prehistoric Animals of Iowa
Fossils have revealed the presence of mammoths and mastodons, as well as extinct sloths and giant beavers, in what is now Iowa.
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| Falls of the Ohio: Fossils
A Kentucky museum features the natural history of the Falls of the Ohio area through interpretive tours of the fossil beds.
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| Badlands Fossil Hunter
Makoshika State Park of Montana is home to strange and beautiful rock formations, as well as a good number of dinosaur bones.
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