SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a hunk of petrified wood from Arizona has finally been recognized as a one-of-a-kind find. The ...

Fossilization is an invaluable process for gaining a window into the past, but it can also create a tripping hazard. The way Angela Piller, collections manager at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks ...

An abundance of ancient, crystallized logs and wood fragments give the Petrified Forest its name, but it’s a name that doesn’t tell the whole story. Click here for full story. A view of the Painted ...

In Greek mythology, anyone who looked at the gorgon Medusa would immediately turn to stone. Yet Medusa had nothing to do with the stone trees near the Sonoma-Napa boundary outside Santa Rosa. Instead, ...