For our December trip, we collected fossils in the Mississippian rocks of NW Alabama in Bangor limestone exposures. After watching the...

The APS took a trip to a classic late Cretaceous site in south Alabama for our November Field trip where we looked primarily for marine...

The theme of this year's event was DINOSAURS!!! The Alabama Museum of Natural History (ALMNH) on the University of Alabama Campus held...

We took advantage of a terrific October day to visit a terrific site representing a near shore Cretaceous marine environment near...

We had a beautiful day to collect Cretaceous crabs in Mississippi, though it did get pretty warm given the work required to free the...

The APS took a journey across the state line into southern Mississippi in March to a Lime Quarry in Smith County. As you can tell from...

The APS headed to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science for the 21st Annual Fossil Roadshow on 2 March 2024. This is certainly one of...

These gullies are part of the Mooreville Chalk rock unit, however these are more accurately marls. It was about 75 degrees in general...

We finally got a break (we thought) in the high water below the dam on the Conecuh River and seized the opportunity for our field trip to...

We lucked out getting a Saturday in July that was warm, but not blazing, in North Alabama. The APS took advantage and got out collecting...

Our May trip took us to the Cretaceous belt of south Alabama, and as often the case in this part of the country, it was hot and steamy. ...

In April, the APS was able to visit a fabulous quarry in north Alabama featuring the Bangor Limestone. Our participants lined-up ready to...

March was a busy month for the APS and I am going to provide a short synopsis of each of our activities in this entry. We started the...

The APS enjoyed a beautiful collecting day in January. We hit the road to Northeast Mississippi to collect in the Cretaceous Coon Creek...

...well the Bangor Limestone of the northwest corner of Alabama anyway! We visited a popular site in the Mississippian rocks of Alabama...

On 12 November the APS was invited by the Alabama Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to visit an incredible fossil location in the...

The APS was thrilled to host two elementary schools in October and November from North Alabama to learn about the rich fossil record in...

The APS made a trip out to our backyard in August 2022 to hunt trackways, plants and marine fossils from a world class site. This time...

On June 25, the APS made a field trip to a borrow pit in Northeast Mississippi to look for Cretaceous marine fossils. The site has been a...

On June 1, 2022 a remarkable dinosaur egg with intact embryo was unveiled on the campus of Auburn University over 50 years after being...