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 ...

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In this video, we explore a large piece of petrified wood using a waterjet to determine if its appearance is consistent or merely a painted rock. The cutting process reveals the challenges of handling ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...

In the U.S., many states have an official state fossil, or even a designated state dinosaur. Some states recognize an official dinosaur in celebration of the specific region's paleontology, and others ...

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 ...

Keychain, a U.S. startup that helps consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has raised $30 million in fresh funding as it looks to scale its India-based development team to drive growth in North ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

Petrified Forest's co-owner Barbara Angell hopes a drop in the sales price and a new Realtor listing for her over century-old property west of Calistoga will help fuel interest from buyers outside of ...

A remarkable finding has surfaced in the colorful, fossil-rich badlands of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park: North America’s oldest known pterosaur. The newly identified species — a flying ...