BC'S FOSSIL BOUNTY 

We live in a diverse province edged by mountains, ocean, forests and streams. While our lens is often on the rugged beauty all around us, beneath our feet is yet another world.

Layers of rock hold fossils, each an interface to our deep past. Within each fragment, these ancient beings whisper their secrets, share their life experiences, tell us tales of community, how they made a living, who they rubbed shoulders with (or fins, or seedlings...) and convey the essence of a world long embedded in stone.

Take a deep dive into the rich fossil bounty of fossil plants, dinosaurs to mighty marine reptiles and the people who unearth them.

Discover British Columbia's violent past — how plate tectonics, volcanoes and glaciers shaped the land and why we find plant fossils along the Kitsilano foreshore and marine fossils beneath False Creek. Learn about the science of geochemistry from a palaeontologist who uses fossil teeth to reconstruct ancient environments.

Palaeontology — Voices of History

Close your eyes & fly back in time to explore Earth's rich history written in her rock. Travel to extraordinary places, sacred sites & unearth mysteries millions of years old.

​Do you share an enduring passion for our world's hidden treasures, its wild places & want to uncover her beauty stone by stone. Join in to learn the story of the making of our Earth. 

TRACKING THEROPODS

Fuel Your Curiosity

Fancy a read? Check out the the geeky goodness on ARCHEA — musings in natural history meant to captivate, educate & inspire.

You'll hear stories about our world and all its wonderful creatures — living and long extinct. We'll explore the world together as time travelers, dinosaur wranglers, guardians, conservationists & witnesses to history. 
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Fuel your curiosity. Get inspired to get outside. Deepen your travel and enrich your world.