ARIZONA (KGUN) — The Petrified Forest National Park was formed more than 200 million years ago from at least a dozen different species of trees, some of which approached nearly 200 feet in height.

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

When it comes to his love for our National Parks, our Conor Knighton makes no apologies. Not so for some of the visitors who preceded him to his latest stop: Matt Smith is the museum curator at ...

I celebrated early. I couldn’t help myself. Later this year, Petrified Forest will turn 60 years old as a national park and I wanted to honor such a special occasion. But the actual anniversary falls ...

“Onyx Bridge is a dramatic example of petrified wood” found in a layer of rock that dates back 210 million years, the National Park Service reports. National Park Service photo One of the world’s most ...

Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. The park is right off Interstate 40 in ...

Petrified Forest National Park, 18 miles southeast of Holbrook, is world-renowned for its petrified wood deposits, but much less known for its mining history and potash deposits. The area is located ...

Formed 36 million years ago in an ancient flooded riverbed, the Mississippi Petrified Forest is a National Natural Landmark filled with petrified trees preserved where they naturally fell or washed up ...

The rough bark fools the touch. Rather than the warm, yielding feel of wood, fingertips sense a sharp-edged, impenetrable surface. The stony trees, felled millions of years ago, are scattered across ...