Randall Irmis, paleontologist and curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Credit: Lauren J. Young
Science Friday has a post about fossil hunting in Utah. Here is the related audio for the story. A team from Science Friday ventured out into the dusty canyons of Utah to see what it's like to hunt for fossils.
Out in the canyons of southeastern Utah, the arid August heat pricks at your skin. It’s a toasty 90 degrees Fahrenheit. When the wind picks up it only leaves you covered in a thin layer of fine dust. The loose rubble, fallen from the 200-million-year-old sandstone cliffs above crunch beneath your boots. And if you’re not careful with your steps, your walk can turn into a slide down the steep slopes.
But for fossil hunters, it’s worth it to unearth prehistoric gold.
