Noticing how much his own children adored fossil-hunting lead to his idea for his business, Junior Geo, which leads educational fossil-hunting trips and sells funky merchandise, like a junior ...

A fossil-hunting father-daughter team from Vancouver Island has been recognized in the naming of a new genus of giant prehistoric sea lizard found near Courtenay almost 40 years ago.

For Felicia Ludwig, the founder of Maryland Fossil Finders, fossil hunting is up to the whim of the tides. “It just depends on the day what time low tide is,” Ludwig said.

“Fossils are becoming quite rare because so many people are looking for them,” he says. “This way, if you don’t find one, or want to see exactly what something looked like, you can buy a ...