Travel | June 4, 2020. Why the Jurassic Coast Is One of the Best Fossil-Collecting Sites on Earth. Along a famed stretch of English coastline, amateurs and professionals collect 200-million-year ...

Famous for its fascinating fossils and spectacular cliffs, the striking Jurassic Coast stretches 95 miles from Exmouth in Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset.

The forgotten fossil hunter who transformed Britain’s Jurassic Coast. Mary Anning and her most important dinosaur finds went unsung, but her legacy now draws travelers to southwest England.

As they discovered during the dig, the Jurassic Coast cliffs’ composition explains why so many fossils are dropped onto the beaches before being reclaimed by the sea. A section of mudstone along ...

We were only a mile into our four-day, 32-mile hike from Lyme Regis to Exmouth along the beautiful Jurassic Coast of southern England. Beneath us were the fossilized remains of sea creatures and ...

Details of more than 1,000 fossils discovered along the Jurassic Coast have been made available online. Magnified photographs and scientific descriptions of the the fossils, held by museums along ...

If a day trip is more suitable, consider the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park, where families can feed rare-breed heavy horses, ...

An estimated 4,000 tons of debris—including rocks the size of cars—has collapsed onto a beach along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. Because this part of Britain is packed with fossils, the rockfall ...

The most complete fossil of a gigantic sea monster that ... was discovered by a fossil enthusiast in April 2022 who was walking on the beach on the Jurassic Coast—a World Heritage Site on ...

The fossils are often preserved in pyrite, a mineral also known as fool’s gold. And for prehistoric prospecting, this particular stretch of the coast is paradise.