13+ hour, 22+ min ago   (341+ words) On the banks of the Danube near the town of Ryahovo in Bulgaria, the remains of an ancient mammoth have resurfaced. The river, with water levels at record lows because of recent heatwaves, has revealed bones which, according to researchers…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (273+ words) When all we have left of dinosaurs is their fossilised bones, how do we know what they looked like on the outside? That's what nine-year-old Kara from London wanted to know. She joins our host Eloise and paleobiologist Neil Gostling…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (287+ words) A discovery trail will come to life in Oxford this summer. Westgate Oxford will host the Natural History Museum London’s ABC Trail in a new event running from July 20 to September 6. The free experience will feature 26 interactive installations inspired by…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (294+ words) Scientists have discovered Velociraptor fossils in Argentina that have features similar to those found in China, over 11,800 miles away. That shared feature is helping researchers explore how closely connected some dinosaur lineages may have been in the ancient world. According…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (398+ words) AN EXTRAORDINARY fossil unearthed on the Isle of Wight has captured a moment of prehistoric life never seen before — a 125 million‑year‑old shellfish frozen in time while nurturing its young. Found in ancient river deposits from the age of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs. But new research out Thursday in the journal Science challenges that conventional assumption. It…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (250+ words) Children will have the chance to come face-to-face with dinosaurs at a family farm park this month. Odds Farm Park near Beaconsfield is hosting dinosaur weekends throughout June, featuring prehistoric creatures including a Tyrannosaurus rex and a baby Triceratops. The…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (460+ words) A dinosaur footprint trackway unearthed at a quarry near Bicester is the largest of its kind in the world, researchers have said. Some 200 extra footprints were found last summer on top of what was already discovered in the summer of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (309+ words) A surge in octopus numbers originally from Devon and Cornwall is transforming the marine ecosystem and shaking up the fishing industry. The population boom, first recorded off the south coast in 2025, has since spread to the north coasts of Devon…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (133+ words) Ancient squirrel droppings dating back up to 700,000 years have revealed new insights into the Arctic’s past. Scientists found the preserved dung contained DNA from plants, insects and animals including mammoths and wolves, offering a snapshot of a long-lost ecosystem. The…...