The park contains deposits of colorful petrified wood that are around 225 million years old. Sadly, Petrified Forest has been struggling with theft, as tourists are tempted to illegally take home ...

This unique park filled with petrified wood formations takes up an entire block in a South Dakota city and is free to explore ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dutch national Rijksmuseum made an embarrassing announcement last week that one of its most loved possessions, a moon rock, is a fake -- just an old piece of petrified wood that's ...

How would you like to step into a 36 million-year-old forest? In Flora, Mississippi, you can do just that. Flora is the home of Mississippi's Petrified Forest, a National Natural Landmark. A trail ...

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 ...