The discovery of a 385-million-year-old forest in Cairo, New York, has stunned the world – but visitors to the region have been able to see rare and ancient fossil forests for more than a century.

In the meantime, visitors looking to see some of the oldest fossils in the world can head to the Gilboa Museum in Schoharie County. READ MORE .

The Gilboa site was first called the “world’s oldest forest” in the 1920s, thanks to the New York State Museum’s Winifred ...

The 390 million-year-old fossils supplant the Gilboa fossil forest in New York state, which dates back 386 million years, as the world's oldest known forest.

A Gilboa tree stump fossil during an announcement of the acquisition of 12 new stumps added to the museum collection at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY Thursday July 7,2011.( ...

The site, located in Cairo, New York, features root impressions that are 385 million years old, according to Binghamton University.The site sits just east of the famous Gilboa fossil forest in ...

These fossilized trees are roughly four million years older than the previous record holder–the Gilboa fossil forest in New York. The findings are detailed in a study published February 23 in ...

The discovery of a 385-million-year-old forest in Cairo, NY, has stunned the world – but visitors to the region have been able to see rare fossil forests for more than a century.

In the meantime, visitors looking to see some of the oldest fossils in the world can head to the Gilboa Museum in Schoharie County. READ MORE.