but few refer to the fossils that are accumulating now, in sediments at the bottom of a local lake or river, in a peat bog, or along a beach. The remains of animals, plants and other life forms ...

Jim Pollard has loved fossil collecting since he was a kid. Now 70, he’s opened a natural history museum in a Blue Earth ...

During the Pennsylvanian Period, mineral-rich waters flowed through lush peat swamps, preserving pockets of vegetation as fossils. These specimens, known as coal balls, preserve traces of insect ...

By Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio News A small storefront on Main Street in Blue Earth has been home to many businesses since it was built in 1892. Its creaky wooden floor is now covered with ...

Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sunk in a peat bog have been found dead at the site, while the search for the remaining soldier is ...