Fossil Finds

Many people come to Venice Beach on Florida’s central west coast to hunt for fossil shark teeth. It’s a great beach activity that combines treasure hunting, fossil collecting, swimming,...

12 years ago, before I lived in the sunshine state, before I became a fossil-hunting tour guide, I called the Florida Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontology dept. and asked a question-...

Fossil hunting is different from many other hobbies or activities in that interest ranges widely among different ages and genders. In our experience on our fossil hunting tours, we see a 50-50 mix...

Florida is well-known as an excellent location to find fossils. There are a wealth of sites for both vertebrate and invertebrate fossils from the last 44 million years of earth history at or near...

Many people travel to Florida every year and are perfectly happy spending their time on the beaches or in the theme parks of Orlando. Those are some of the attractions Florida is famous for- and for...

Fossils are the remains of ancient life. These remains can be from virtually anything that ever lived- bacteria, plants, dinosaurs or humans just to name a few. Fossils can be mineralized remains of...

Many people contact us and ask what types of fossils they could expect to find on a tour here in Florida. Percentage wise, it’s invariably shark teeth by a wide margin. While there are many types of...

This was Larry’s first time fossil hunting in the Peace River although he was no novice to snorkeling in Florida rivers-his shirt even says river ventures! So, off we went on the hunt to parts...