Fossil Insights & Guides

Explore the world of fossils.

Tips, stories, and expert insights to help you discover more, learn more, and go further on your fossil hunting journey.

How to Find Fossils in Riverbeds

Rivers cut through rock and do the digging for you. Here is how to read a riverbed and spot the layers worth searching.

You do not need a famous quarry. Ten kinds of place, most of them within a short drive, that reliably produce fossils.

Why fossils occur in some rocks and never in others, and how a body becomes stone in the first place.

They ruled the seas for 270 million years and left a superb fossil record. What they were, and how to recognise one.

Five things that earn their place in the bag, plus the one piece of equipment beginners buy first and need least.