11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (630+ words) A fossil from a lifeform which once towered over the ancient landscape is to go on display at the National Museum of Scotland. Prototaxites, which grew to more than eight metres tall, belonged to an "entirely extinct evolutionary branch of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (544+ words) A rare fish which dates back to the Ice Age is continuing to thrive in a loch where it was introduced after becoming extinct in Scotland, a survey has found. Vendace, said to be the UK's rarest native freshwater fish,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1095+ words) The British animal rights campaigner and chimpanzee expert Dr Jane Goodall has died aged 91, leaving in her wake a legacy of ground-breaking discoveries and conservation work. Having dedicated 60 years of her life to ethology, the study of animal behaviour, her…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (512+ words) A fossil discovered on the Isle of Skye has been revealed as a new species of Jurassic reptile which was an ancient ancestor to lizards and snakes. An international team of researchers, which included National Museums Scotland (NMS), uncovered a…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (204+ words) Professor Susannah Maidment, a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, joins us to discuss the world's oldest ankylosaur, which roamed our planet some 165 million years ago. The spicomellus has been dubbed the world's most unusual dinosaur. And, the DfT have…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (628+ words) Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur which had an "eye-catching sail" along its back and tail which might have been used to attract mates. The new iguanodontian dinosaur, whose fossils were found on the Isle of Wight, was…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (607+ words) Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of prehistoric whale with sharp teeth that lived 25 million years ago. A school principal found a fossil of an ancient whale on Victoria's Surf Coast, south east of Melbourne, in 2019, which is…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (219+ words) It "could "probably "curl "up "quite "comfortably "in "your "lap." A rare and dog-sized dinosaur, the size of "a collie, from America"s Morrison Formation, is on display at the Natural History Museum in London. And after being wrongly categorised…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (580+ words) A Labrador-sized dinosaur, wrongly categorised when it was found, has been revealed as a new species. The Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, which means mysterious runner, will go on permanent display at the Natural History Museum this week. Scientists say the dinosaur lived…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (705+ words) Funding secures restoration of the famous Grade-1 listed sculptures, creation of a new dinosaur-themed playground, and a new visitor centre, community centre and caf" Nearly "22 million in funding has been secured for the regeneration of Crystal Palace Park after land…...