The APS was thrilled to be back out interacting with the public at this years National Fossil Day event at the Alabama Museum of Natural...

The APS took a return trip to an active coal mine in Jefferson County for their 10 October field trip. We were joined by a group from...

The APS headed to the Montgomery area for a late September field trip. The day was warm and dry with bright sun and deep blue skies, and...

On 10 July, the APS made a return visit to the Pennsylvanian Age rocks of Walker County, Alabama. We had a very small group of intrepid...

I, personally, was very excited that the Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) hit the field again on 26 June in what has been a very...

For the second straight weekend the APS had a field trip; this was supposed to be the third straight Saturday in May but the first trip...

After having several field trips planned for April and the first weekend in May cancelled due to rain, we finally caught a much needed...

March 6, 2021, Ohhhhh what a day! Saturday was a beautiful blue, cloudless day in Alabama for a fossil hunt on a Carboniferous Period...

There was quite a bit of excitement building since January to get back out to the strip mine site in Walker County as some large slabs...

The Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) spent a beautiful sunny cool (high in the mid 50s) January day looking for fossils in Walker...

The second of January 2021 started off with a bang and it was a chilly one. It was supposed to be a partly sunny to cloudy day in the...

December in north Alabama brings lots of rain, cooler temperatures, and also a lot less vegetation and bugs making it a great time to get...

In September, the Alabama Paleontological Society (APS) took a field trip to look for rocks and minerals but on October 17, 2020, it was...

On August 29, 2020, with the COVID pandemic still keeping people largely at home, fossil collecting provides a wonderful escape. The...

On March 28, 2020, the Alabama Paleontological Society went to Walker County on their monthly fossil hunt and it didn't disappoint! A...

On Saturday 21 December 2019 about a dozen members of the APS went on a half-day field trip to an old coal mine that sets astride the...

As most of you know, we have the updated APS website running and online. Our goal for this website is to be informative to members and...

Welcome to the Alabama Paleontological Society Field Trip Blog members and visitors! It is here we will document the society's field...