A fossil baby helped scientists explain how mammals thrived after the dinosaur extinction - new research
Palaeontologists studied Pantolambda fossils in forensic detail to learn about its lifestyle.
Sept. 15, 2022 • ~7 min
Jurassic World Dominion: a palaeontologist on what the film gets wrong about dinosaurs
The biggest crime of the film was exaggerating the size of dinosaurs.
June 14, 2022 • ~7 min
How the first cat-like sabre-tooth predator was discovered – and why it differs from modern cats
The first sabre-toothed cat-like predator was not much larger than a bobcat, but it had long teeth and a strong jaw to cut through thick skin.
March 30, 2022 • ~8 min
How we discovered a rare giant millipede fossil on a beach - and why it matters
Why our chance discovery of an Arthropleura as long as an alligator, while on holiday on a beach in northern England, was such a landmark moment.
Jan. 28, 2022 • ~7 min
Plesiosaurs, pliosaurs, hybodonts: looking back at three prehistoric predators of the Jurassic seas
The fossil of a gigantic ichthyosaur was recently discovered in the UK. It wasn’t the only creature lurking in the Jurassic oceans.
Jan. 19, 2022 • ~8 min
Dinosaur embryo discovery: rare fossil suggests dinosaurs had similar pre-hatching posture to modern birds
The little dinosaur is curled up inside its shell the same way birds do before hatching, shedding new light on the link between the behaviour of dinosaurs and modern birds.
Dec. 21, 2021 • ~5 min
A new species of early human? Why we should be cautious about new fossil footprint findings
A new study finds more than one early human species lived on the landscape in Northern Tanzania 3.66 million years ago. But there are reasons to be cautious about the findings.
Dec. 1, 2021 • ~6 min
Baby giant pterosaurs may have driven smaller species extinct, fossil discovery shows
We examined pterosaur jaw fragments from the Moroccan desert to understand more about how these creatures evolved.
Nov. 11, 2021 • ~7 min
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