Saunders Safaris

02/06/2026

10 yrs ago I discovered this huge Plesiosaur vertebra in Plano, TX

86-90 million yrs.

01/12/2026

Some of the best fossil locations are hiding in plain sight. This one is right under highway 75 in Sherman, TX (2018)

10/29/2025

Large Cretaceous shark tooth found in
Frisco, TX (2016)

86-90 million yrs

10/20/2025

The 500 block of Main Street in Dallas, 1875. 20 years before, this scene would have been a prairie. 40 years before, and it was still a part of Mexico. I love how clear the signs are.

This wonderful photo is part of the George W. Cook collection at SMU's wonderful Degolyer Library.

10/19/2025

Hidden beneath the limestone hills north of Austin, the Gault Site continues to transform what we know about the first Texans—and some of the earliest people in the Americas. Along Buttermilk Creek near Florence, archeologists have uncovered traces of human life going back as far as 22,000 years, extending our understanding of prehistory well beyond the Clovis era.

Over years of careful excavation, researchers and volunteers have unearthed millions of artifacts, from expertly crafted stone tools to engraved limestone cobbles—recognized as the oldest known examples of portable art in North America. These discoveries reveal a story of resilience and adaptation when Ice Age hunter-gatherers made their homes along today's Texas waterways.

The site's preservation is due largely to archeologist Dr. Michael Collins, whose commitment to saving Gault spanned decades. Collins ultimately purchased the land himself so it could be protected through the Archaeological Conservancy and studied by the Gault School of Archaeological Research.

The documentary The Stones Are Speaking shares the story of Dr. Collins, the Gault Site, and how these findings continue to reshape our understanding of human history. It screens weekends through October 26 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin.

📸: Gault Site tour led by Dr. Collins / Texas State Historical Association

08/14/2025

On this day, 35 years ago, one of the most spectacular dinosaur fossils was found. SUE, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Among the most famous fossils of all time.

August 12, 1990, was a special day for dinosaur fans. Sue Hendrickson found this dinosaur icon buried at the bottom of a large hill in South Dakota, USA.

One of the largest, best-preserved and the most complete T. rex fossils ever found, SUE was unearthed by a team led by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, where Sue Hendrickson was a volunteer. SUE was named after Sue.

I met SUE in 2016 while visiting the Field Museum in Chicago to study dinosaurs and more. Meeting SUE face-to-face and examining some of SUE’s bones was very cool!

Exciting research focused on T. rex features in my upcoming book, “THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS”, coming September 2025.

Field photo via Black Hills Institute, including Peter Larson and Sue Hendrickson, posing with the partially revealed skull.

08/13/2025

Ancient fish jaw (2018)
White Rock Creek
Plano, TX
85-87 million yrs.

08/06/2025

https://www.kxan.com/news/science/dinosaur-tracks-may-have-been-uncovered-by-independence-day-floods-in-central-texas/amp/

Fossilized dinosaur tracks have been discovered in the Sandy Creek area of Travis County, Texas, after the July 5 floods, and a paleontologist will visit the site to determine more about the specie…

07/14/2025

86 million year old shark tooth spotted under a bridge in Carrollton, TX

07/11/2025

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/oldest-known-dino-fossil-in-denver-basin-recently-found-beneath-citys-museum-of-nature-science-parking-lot

Scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science are celebrating a discovery that they have called "nothing short of magical" just under their parking lot in City Park.

07/04/2025

Massive alligator gar caught in the Trinity, OVER 8FT

Video on our Instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/p/DLoIrEqs2Y4/?igsh=MXZkY2lrYnF5MHN3Mg==