Archeology
145 million year old fossil cypress forest along the English coast
The Petrified Forest of Dorset is a stretch of coastal southern England dotted with limestone mounds containing the remains of late Jurassic cypress trees.
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Archeology
40,000-year-old fossil forest discovered after storm
An ancient fossilised forest has emerged on Tasmania's Badger Beach, sparking debate over its origins and significance.
Archeology
Big storm reveals 6,000 year old fossil forest
Thousands of people flock to the coast of the Portreath in Cornwall, England, to visit the traces of the 6,000-year-old fossil forest.
Archeology
Discovered a 250 million year fossil forest in Antarctica
In early 2015, during a survey of the Allan Hills area in Antarctica, scientists from the University of Sienna, Italy discovered a previously unknown fossil forest.
Archeology
100 million year old fossil forest
The fossil forest on the eastern island of New Zealand provided clues about ancient life near Antarctica.
Archeology
Excavation of 380 million year old fossil forest
The forest is located in the town of Gilboa, New York (USA) today excavated for the first time in the 1920s. But recently, a construction project helped discover the bot…
Archeology
'Pompeii' 300 million years in Asia
According to Physorg, a new study by botanist archaeologist Hermann Pfefferkorn of the University of Pennsylvania, USA and colleagues presented the regenerative structur…
Archeology
Huge fossil forest in the mine
The strange fossil forests have just been found in Illinois (USA), with petrified trees clearly visible on the ceiling of mines, covering thousands of hectares.
Environment
The temperature warms up, the fossil forest revives
The fossilized forest in the area Island Bylot (Canada) dates back more than 2.5 million years to recover from the warming climate, the researchers said.