View Article  Smuggled Fossils Returned to Argentina

Smuggled Fossils Returned Home to Buenos Aires

In a cultural repatriation ceremony held last week nearly 4 tonnes of fossils were returned to Argentina by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement ...   more »

View Article  Fossil Detectives Coming to Television

New BBC Television Series set to Inspire next Generation of Geologists and Palaeontologists

Coming to BBC4 in June is a brand new television series that highlights the rich fossil legacy ...   more »

View Article  Some of our Fossil Finds from Charmouth

Fossil Finds from Charmouth Beach

Some of our fossil finds from a brief visit to Charmouth, before the landslip occurred. How to tell fossil bone from shales.   more »

View Article  New Interpretation of Evidence from Cretaceous mass Extinction

New Zealand team apply different Interpretation to K-T Boundary Evidence

A New Zealand led team of researchers have challenged conventionally theory related to the Creatceous mass extinction.

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View Article  Biggest Land Slip for 99 Years at Charmouth

Huge Landslide on the Jurassic Coast

The massive landslip that occurred on Tuesday night has exposed the remnants of an old rubbish dump on the Dorset coast, however, it is likely that fossils will be found on the site.   more »

View Article  Oh we Do Like to be Beside the Seaside... Visit to Lyme Regis

Visit to Lyme Regis

With the first of the May day Bank holidays approaching, some members of the Everything Dinosaur team took the opportunity to visit Lyme Regis in Dorset, ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog (week 8) And then there were None

No sign of Tadpoles in the Pond

Spring has finally arrived and we have been enjoying a period of settled, warm weather with temperatures up to 20 Celsius (not bad ...   more »

View Article  Birds can Detect Predators by Sense of Smell

New Study Demonstrates that Birds can "Smell a Rat"

Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has largely been ignored in the study of birds, ...   more »

View Article  New Diplodocus Model - Carnegie Museum Collection

New Diplodocus Model - Carnegie Museum Collection

In 1898 Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish born businessman reputed to have amassed one of the largest personal fortunes of all time, read an ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 7 - Where have all the Tadpoles Gone?

Frog Blog Week 7 - Disappearing Tadpoles

Typical April weather for England has continued over the last seven days or so, with lots and lots of showers interrupted by occasional ...   more »

View Article  Dinosaur DNA Linked to our Feather Friends. Are you going to call T. rex a Chicken?

Dinosaur DNA linked to Aves - Are you going to call T. rex a Chicken?

Analysis of protein molecules recovered from the fossilised thigh bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex indcates that T. rex was closely related to birds.   more »

View Article  Updating the Date of the Dinosaurs Demise

Refining the date for the end of the Cretaceous

Refinement of rock dating techniques permits scientists to more accurately date events in the Earth's history - clocks in the rocks.   more »

View Article  Review of Prehistoric Times (edition 85 - Spring)

Spring Edition of Prehistoric Times

The Spring edition of Prehistoric Times packed full of features and articles on prehistoric animals and the latest discoveries.   more »

View Article  21st Birthday for Baryonyx

Happy 21st Birthday Baryonyx>

The unusual Theropod dinosaur Baryonyx was named and described 21 years ago.   more »

View Article  Magic Dinosaurs Book Review

Magic Dinosaurs Book Review

Every once in a while our buyer comes across a really fun and different prehistoric animal themed book.  With an interest in children's education, books have ...   more »