10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1767+ words) Towards the end of the dinosaurs" reign on land, a group of fearsome marine reptiles called mosasaurs dominated the oceans. They"re named after Mosasaurus, the most famous member of the group. Discover more about Mosasaurus" size, where its fossils…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (983+ words) Fossils of ceratopsian dinosaurs, the group containing Triceratops and its relatives, are widespread across the northern hemisphere. However, they're curiously absent from Europe. New research reveals that these missing ceratopsians might have been under our noses the whole time, completely…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (1472+ words) Scientists at the Natural History Museum, London have described and named 262 new species to science in 2025 " In 2025, Natural History Museum curators, researchers and scientific associates have described 262 new species and published over 700 research papers, while also breaking ground on a…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1157+ words) An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of reptile, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, is offering new clues in the search for the origin of "advanced" snakes. In 1981, the backbones…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (312+ words) These activities use trilobites as a case study in evolution, connecting how fossils form with other topics in the primary science curriculum. See Evolution across primary science for why this is important. Trilobites, together with ammonites, are some of the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1111+ words) The reanalysis of an ancient human skulls unearthed in China might upend how we thought humans evolved. New research argues that the age of the skull suggests that the split between our lineage and that of Neanderthals and Denisovans may…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (498+ words) Fossils show that mammoth species interbred helping them to survive dramatic climate shifts The findings contribute to a growing understanding that hybridisation has been an important factor in evolution Scientists have uncovered new evidence that woolly mammoths and Columbian mammoths…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (994+ words) North America's mammoth species were breeding together within the past 40,000 years. Fossil teeth found in Canada show that Columbian and woolly mammoths regularly had calves together where the different species mixed. North America's mammoth species weren't as separate as they…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (808+ words) New fossils show that the "bizarre" armoured dinosaur, Spicomellus afer, grew neck spikes up to a metre long Newly discovered fossils reveal that Spicomellus afer"s skeleton was covered in spikes, some fused to the animal"s skeleton, measuring as…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1725+ words) Every year, an incredible array of dinosaurs are uncovered all over the world. While some specimens end up in museums, others sell for record-breaking prices to the highest bidder. Discover how privately owned dinosaurs can affect palaeontology and why the…...