Gazing across the Painted Desert of northern Arizona today, it’s hard to believe that 200 million years ago the region was a primeval tropical forest watered by abundant streams and inhabited by a ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

Think of a forest and most people will envision lush landscapes with rows of tall trees all around. A forest can also be a place where people find 200-million-year-old fossils of ancient trees from ...

If you drive just a few hours northeast from Phoenix to the Petrified Forest, it almost feels like you stepped onto a different planet — albeit a colorful one full of subtle scenic and scientific ...

Petrified Forest National Park is one of the most surprising places in the American Southwest. It’s an otherworldly mix of colorful badlands, ancient petroglyphs, historic Route 66 nostalgia, and the ...