Fred Farris pressed his hand on a brownish gray slab at the Virginia ... has a few local fossils: an ancient manatee’s rib bone, a whale’s backbone, a species of scallop named for Thomas ...

(WAVY) — Bay scallops along Virginia’s Eastern Shore are no longer ... Researchers found a treasure trove of fossils in a Bahamian blue hole that could transform our understanding of the ...

Virginia State Parks About 20 ... More than 600 species of fossils, including prehistoric oyster shells, mollusks and scallops as well as shark teeth, have been found on the shores.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Scallops are making one “shell” of a comeback on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. After being previously extinct in the area, bay scallops may be approaching sustainable ...

The ancient whale fossil dug from the banks of the Potomac River last month was not the only such object to be excavated in Virginia this year. The bones of a whale believed to be 7 million years ...

In fact, sea scallops — which aren’t even fished in Virginia waters — account for the lion’s share of the total value of Virginia landings, outpacing other species by millions of dollars ...

Glowing fossils: Fluorescence reveals color patterns of earliest scallops. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 11 / 221101124226.htm ...