7+ hour, 3+ min ago  (749+ words) A fragment of a letter written by palaeontologist Mary Anning in which she says she is "sick" of fossils has sold for more than "15,000 at auction. Anning's discoveries in the early 19th Century helped shape scientific understanding of prehistoric life but…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (426+ words) These are the bones of a woolly mammoth with the nickname Myfanwy. They were originally found in 1864, donated to the Natural History Museum and have been on display at the Holyhead Maritime museum since 2006. But for the first time, scientists…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (977+ words) By comparing tooth wear with modern elephants, researchers estimate the mammoth was about 32 years old when it died A woolly mammoth nicknamed Myfanwy roamed Anglesey 15,000 years ago, radiocarbon dating has revealed. Scientists believe the animal was about 32 years old when…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (569+ words) An artist's impression shows a small Cretaceous Period dinosaur named Alnashetri cerropoliciensis that lived about 95 million years ago in the Patagonia region of Argentina About 95 million years ago in Argentina's Patagonia region of South America, giant dinosaurs ruled the land....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (463+ words) Triceratops was a huge plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 66 million years ago. It is famous for its three horns and giant bony frill (head crest). But scientists have discovered that its enormous head and horned snout may have been useful…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (410+ words) Despite its scary sounding name, Tyrannoroter was probably only about 30cm long A 307-million-year-old skull discovered in Canada may have belonged to one of the earliest known vegetarian animals, scientists say. Paleontologists - scientists who study fossils - found the skull inside a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (416+ words) Experts have discovered a huge new species of fish-eating dinosaur. It has been named Spinosaurus mirabilis and scientists say it lived nearly 100 million years ago. The fossil was found in the Sahara Desert in the western African country of Niger....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (329+ words) Experts say it's in such good condition, that it has allowed them to see what the dinosaurs' skin really looked like. The newly identified species has been named Haolong dongi, and belongs to the iguanodontian family. Nicknamed the "spiny dragon…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (284+ words) This week, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested, Prince William spoke about understanding his own emotions, and an Amazon delivery van got stuck in the sea. But how much attention did you pay to what else happened in the world over the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (551+ words) Arts Council England has awarded Lyme Regis Museum designated status A museum has received a prestigious award from Arts Council England for one its oldest collections. Lyme Regis Museum, which opened in 1923, has been given designated status for its Jurassic…...