3.1K views · 212 reactions | Happy Trilobite Tuesday! What makes the trilobite fossils on a remote island in Canada so important? Join paleontologist Melanie Hopkins as she and her team ford rivers on an island off the shores of Quebec, Canada, in search of traces of Earth's first mass extinction on Anticosti Island. | American Museum of Natural History | Facebook

More great news! UNESCO's World Heritage Committee inscribed Anticosti, an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, on the World Heritage List! 🎉 With a total area of more than 9,200 square kilometres and a coastline that stretches over 550 kilometres, Anticosti represents one of the largest stratigraphic successions in thickness and the most complete fossil record of marine life of the period that spans more than 10 million years of Earth's history between 447 and 437 million years ago. 🤯

1.3M views · 14K reactions | Anticosti Island is said to have the most complete and best preserved palaeontological record of the first mass extinction of animal life, 447-437 million years ago....#canada #geography #travel #adventure #adventuretravel #quebec #offroad #wilderness #remotelocation #fyp #viral #nunavut #geology #french #interesting #manitoba #ontario #history | Urban Atlas | Facebook

Did you know that Saudi Arabia and Bahrain share a border… on an island? Bahrain is an island nation with no natural land borders, yet it connects to Saudi Arabia through the impressive King Fahd Causeway. This massive bridge stretches over 15.5 miles across the Persian Gulf and includes a fascinating artificial island shaped like the number 8, known as Passport Island. Here, both countries run their border checkpoints side by side, and tourists stop to enjoy panoramic sea views, restaurants, an