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Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Don Johnson, a former park ranger, on a fossil walk near his home on the Bonavista Peninsula in Newfoundland. As a kid, he used to climb on these rocks, but he says people here never know the fossils in these rocks were so significant.

A fossil flexes its muscle in Newfoundland, but it can’t keep thieves away

January 30, 2015Science

Newfoundlanders hope a major fossil find will bring new tourists to the area. But history suggests that fossil thieves will also make their way north.

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