2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (532+ words) A pioneering fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the National History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque. Dorothea Bate, who died in 1951 aged 72, "transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals and…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (416+ words) A blue plaque has been unveiled to honour one of the first female scientists to be employed by the Natural History Museum. Dorothea Bate began working for the institution in 1898, aged 19, before being transferred to the museum's site in Tring,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) Five colourful dinosaur sculptures have been installed in the gardens of a palace. The Megalosaurus is displayed in different expressive poses in the Dinosaurs Are Forever exhibition at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. It was the first ever scientifically named…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (741+ words) If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks. In the middle of the City of London, geologist…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (192+ words) What in the World | Why are rich people obsessed with owning dinosaur bones? BBC What in the World Why are rich people obsessed with owning dinosaur bones? Available for over a year Dinosaur bones have become one of the world’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (465+ words) The fossilised remains of a prehistoric fish have been unearthed at a Leeds beauty spot. The skull bone of the coelacanth, which was discovered in Roundhay Park, is the oldest example of the species uncovered in the region. It is…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (161+ words) This week, Sir Keir Starmer took part in his last Prime Minister's Questions as he prepared to hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street, the US and Iran continued to trade both barbs and bombs, and film critics went wild…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (444+ words) The Grade I listed dinosaurs that live in Crystal Palace Park have been removed from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register after a multi-million pound regeneration project. The Victorian sculptures had become cracked and broken following their installation 172 years ago,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (519+ words) A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex has been sold for £37.4m ($50.1m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York - the most ever paid for a dinosaur. The fossil of this infamous predator stands more than 12 feet (4m) tall, and with over 60% of its bones recovered…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (421+ words) A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex has been sold for £37.4m ($50.1m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York - the most ever paid for a dinosaur. The fossil of this infamous predator stands more than 12 feet (4m) tall, and with over 60% of its bones recovered…...