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...