Bones like Aero chocolate: the evolution adaptation that helped dinosaurs to fly
Hollow bones were essential for dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex.
March 17, 2023 • ~6 min
Primates colonised the Arctic during a period of ancient global warming -- their fate offers a lesson as climate change speeds up
Close relatives of primates adapted to life in the High Arctic 52 million years ago – this may offer insight into future changes in the Arctic.
Jan. 30, 2023 • ~8 min
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
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