In places where there is a lot of overburden (the rocks overlying the material you're trying to dig up), palaeontologists may use heavy machinery to remove it and gain access to the fossils below.

So when the opportunity to visit the Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site (the only public dig site in Washington ... otherwise walk-up diggers are welcome. The educational center ...

Thirty students in Stephany Cure’s third-grade science class at Visitation of Our Lady School in Marrero experienced ...

These fellas didn't dig opal shafts, they found it in the gullies,” Aunty Brenda says. Opalised fossils continue to be dug up around Lightning Ridge to this day, but among some Euahlayi ...

A fossil of a Compsognathus ... He receives calls from students interested in digging up dinosaurs, although he tells them not to get their hopes up. “I try to tell them if they are interested ...

The fossils need to go to a lab to be prepared ... Before Prof Manning's teams left the dig site, they set up security cameras. The local police and the Bureau of Land Management will be keeping ...

Earthworks here have been conducted for several years with this year’s dig having kicked off in August. "The skull of a mammoth was found with hidden treasure (flint makings and arms blanks).

Welcome to the world of fossils in Animal Crossing! These ancient remnants offer a blend of education, fun, and even a source ...

France’s varied geology makes it fertile ground for dinosaur fossil hunters, but many finds have only been unearthed in the last 20 years, with French palaeontologists only recently becoming int ...