Opalized ammonite fossils are ... Whether admired in a museum or studied in a laboratory, these extraordinary specimens ...

The fossilised remains of ammonites were given the name snakestones in England because they resemble coiled snakes turned to stone. Dr Paul Taylor is a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum ...

The Karl Hirsch Fossil Eggshell Collection at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCM) was primarily built by amateur paleontologist Karl Hirsch. Initially interested in fossil ...

Dr David Button, a dinosaur researcher at the Museum ... tree fossils, such as this petrified tree trunk Sometimes ground water dissolves the buried bone or shell, leaving behind a bone- or ...

The Palaeontological Museum ... worms to ammonites and bird skeletons: every month a special fossil from the State Collection's collection is exhibited. Scientists from the Bavarian Natural ...

MIKASA, Hokkaido--Characters from the Pokemon video game series are appearing alongside real fossils at a ... displays at the Mikasa museum include large models of ammonite-like Omanyte ...