Every piece of wood found offers a window into the Earth a millions years ago. Walt Wright is the man who lives to find the pieces, examine them and tell you their age and their origin. Wright, a ...

LAS CRUCES - Herbert Zuhl, a local philanthropist and donor to New Mexico State University, died at age 97 on Feb. 12. Herb and his wife who passed away in 2016, Joan Zuhl, donated their extensive ...

If you have not heard of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, you are likely not alone. Now, there are plenty of puns about hidden gems, and how the place rocks, but I'll leave the puns ...

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 ...

There’s treasure buried in Washington’s desert. It’s not gold doubloons or the lost stash of infamous 1970s skyjacker D.B. Cooper. It’s petrified wood, an heirloom from ginkgo and sequoia trees that ...

Furniture just got geological. You may not think you want furniture that’s a few million years old, or that has been buried underground, but that could just be because you haven’t yet met Elte’s new ...

OGALLALA, Neb. (KOLN) - Many of us as kids explored the great outdoors in search of rocks or little treasures. Two twin brothers turned their interest in collecting into a fascinating destination for ...

A group of hikers set out into Petrified Forest National Park to explore landscapes beyond the area's developed roads and trails. They wound through shortgrass prairie, desert washes littered with ...