Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and ...

Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and ...

After the storms from 2024 pummeled the Gaviota Coast, fossil enthusiast and geologist Chris Driesbach decided to take a trip ...

fossil enthusiast and geologist Chris Driesbach decided to take a trip to the beach to look for petrified wood and small rocks. Instead, he found something far bigger and unexpected.

The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

There's a similar process, for how the wood is petrified to how the fossils are fossilized as well. So this is a trail that kind of winds through a bunch of these huge petrified logs that we have ...

Looking for an unforgettable national park adventure this June? Travel enthusiast Sarah McDonagh has curated a list of 16 ...

Imagine stepping into a silent forest where trees have stood for millions of years—yet not a single leaf rustles in the wind.