New Study suggests Prehistoric Animals "Dressed to Impress"

A new study into the ornamentation of prehistoric animals that has been preserved in the fossil record concludes that fancy crests, frills ...   more »

Tyrannosaurus rex - Active Hunter or Predator?

One of the longest running arguments surrounding Late Cretaceous, large Tyrannosaurs is whether they were scavengers or active predators.  This debate forms the ...   more »

Everything Dinosaur Helps Out at Baltic Science Festival

Back in the spring we were contacted by scientists from the Department of Marine Geology at the University of Gdańsk (Poland) to ...   more »

The University of Manchester's Dr. Phil Manning in Search of Triceratops

Dr. Phil Manning from the University of Manchester's School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences is setting out to ...   more »

East Timor Expedition Reveals Evidence of Giant Rats

Often the subject of urban myths, the brown rats and black rats (members of the rattus genus) seen in the sewers and ...   more »

Start of Everything Dinosaur's Summer Fossil Casting Activities

Today, Monday 26th July, is the start of the school holidays for most children in the United Kingdom.  For us at Everything ...   more »

Fearsome Triassic Ichthyosaur Ruled the Seas North of Laurentia

Giant Triassic Ichthyosaur Predator. An Ancient "Jaws" from 240 million years ago.

Mounted Skeleton of Allosaurus for Sale at Auction

Times may be hard and the world economy struggling to recover from the recent financial crisis but Sotheby's in Paris are expecting ...   more »

Trace Fossils Show Evidence of Dinosaur Digging for Mammals in their Burrow

For us the concept of digging up dinosaurs is not unusual, we have had the opportunity to be ...   more »

New Species of North American Ceratopsian - Mojoceratops

One of the fascinating aspects of vertebrate palaeontology is looking into the origins of the scientific names given to species.  Whilst the ...   more »

Elephant Fossils Found in Brazil

When people today are asked about elephants they associate these members of the Class Proboscidea (animals with trunks) with Africa and India.  Those extant species ...   more »

Review of Prehistoric Times Magazine (Summer edition)

The eagerly awaited next edition of the quarterly magazine Prehistoric Times arrived late last week, sent over from the United States as promptly ...   more »

Saadanius hijazensis - New Oligocene Primate sheds light on Divergence of Apes

Saudi Arabia 30 million years ago, looked very different than it does today.  Much of this desert kingdom was a ...   more »

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Today is the ninety-second birthday of Nelson Mandela, a man whose humility and humble dignity has done much to advance the course of world peace.  Mandela's ...   more »

Australian Discovery Provides Evidence of "Mob" Behaviour in Ancient Marsupials

By the late Eocene, Australia had become isolated from the rest of the world.  Here in splendid isolation its primitive mammals, ...   more »