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Discover the Anisian Stage and Explore the Fossils and Geodiversity That Shaped Our Planet
Sip back and discover the Anisian Stage (247.2–242 Ma) and explore the the earliest Middle Triassic subdivision marking Earth’s recovery after the Permian–Triassic extinction. Explore how warm greenhouse climates, rising seas, and stable ecosystems enabled the first Triassic reefs, carbonate platforms, ammonoids, conodonts, marine reptiles, and early archosaurs to flourish. Learn its origin in Austria, GSSP in Romania, and its pivotal role in Mesozoic biodiversity.
Aug 18, 20256 min read


Discover Argentina and Explore the Fossil and Dinosaurs of Ischigualasto
Sip back and explore Argentina’s Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, known as the Valley of the Moon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring lunar landscapes, exceptional Late Triassic fossils, and the origins of dinosaurs. Discover unique rock formations, including El Hongo, The Sphinx, and El Submarino, and understand how the Carnian Age shaped early dinosaur evolution, biodiversity, and South America’s iconic natural wonders.
Oct 24, 20245 min read


Exploring Pebblebed Heath near Budleigh Salterton on the Jurassic Coast
Sip back and discover Pebblebed Heath in the Otter Valley near Budleigh Salterton, a unique intertidal reserve along Devon’s Jurassic Coast. Explore lowland heath, Triassic geology, wildlife-rich estuary habitats, and the Lower Otter Restoration Project. From ancient pebble beds and fossil roots to birdlife, walking trails, and the Elizabeth Bridge, this East Devon AONB landscape blends conservation, climate resilience, and natural beauty.
Jan 20, 20244 min read


Welcome to the Triassic is a walk on the wild side for debut illustrator Eleanor Western.
Eleanor Western a 2021 graduate in Illustration from the University of Falmouth has debuted her first illustrative children’s book.
Jul 2, 20233 min read


Exploring the Fossils of Arizona USA
Sip back and explore Arizona’s deserts, canyons, and plateaus preserve one of the most diverse fossil records in the United States. From Paleozoic trilobites in Grand Canyon limestones to Triassic petrified wood at Petrified Forest National Park, the state reveals ancient seas, forests, dinosaurs, and mammals. Visitors explore iconic landscapes shaped by tectonics, volcanism, and erosion that together tell Arizona’s deep geological history for visitors today.
Apr 14, 20235 min read


Fossil Coast Explores Ladram Bay along the Jurassic Coast of East Devon
Sip back and explore Ladram Bay on East Devon’s Jurassic Coast, where striking red Triassic cliffs reveal the Otter Sandstone and Mercia Mudstone formations. Learn how desert environments, cross-bedding, rhizoliths, and rare fossils like Rhynchosaurus spenceri record life’s recovery after the Great Dying, with professional coastal photography by Gary Holpin.
Sep 20, 20224 min read


Fossil Hunting the Jurassic Coast's Triassic Rocks
Sip back and explore the Jurassic Coast, a 155km UNESCO World Heritage coastline from East Devon to Dorset, revealing near-continuous Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks, fossils and landforms. Spanning almost the entire Mesozoic Era, this globally significant landscape records dinosaur-age life, dramatic cliffs and bays, gateway towns, fossil museums and responsible beach fossil hunting guided by a safety-focused code of conduct.
Feb 18, 20226 min read
Find out more about gin, cocktail recipes, our fossil coastline, and the places
along the way that you can enjoy a jigger of Fossil Coast Gin.
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