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View Article  Our Newest Recruit

Dragonfly Rescuers - Our Newest Recruit

Today we have had a series of heavy showers.  This is to be expected as it is Summer in Britain (alledgedly) and we have ...   more »

View Article  Gigantic Rat Bones Discovered - The biggest Rat known to Science

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 »

View Article  Frogs from Switzerland

Swiss Frogs - Frogs from Switzerland

One of our team members had been recounting to a friend how well our frogs in the office pond had done this year.  We ...   more »

View Article  Surrounded by Baby Frogs

Baby Frogs Emerge from Office Pool onto Land

Over the last few days we have been watching the exodus of baby frogs from the office pond.   more »

View Article  Darwin's Ornithorhynchus

Duck-billed Platypus gets a Mention in the Origin of Species

The web-footed, venomous, egg-laying mammal (a monotreme) has been known to science for over 200  years.  This furry little animal, ...   more »

View Article  Pelicans Have Had their Pouches for at Least 30 million Years

Preserved Feeding Apparatus on Palaeogene Fossils Shows Pelican Beak is Old Hat

A beautifully preserved fossil of the earliest known Pelican, a fossil dating from the Oligocene Epoch shows ...   more »

View Article  Crocodiles "Cruising" on Currents

Saltwater Crocodiles Ride Currents and Make Long Sea Voyages

A team of Australian scientists have discovered that Saltwater Crocodiles are able to "ride" ocean currents enabling them to travel many ...   more »

View Article  Anglo/U.S. Co-operation on Gomphotheres

Help from the United States to Sort out Derivation of Amebelodon

As team members at Everything Dinosaur make the final preparations for the new Procon/Collecta, Papo and Carnegie Models to ...   more »

View Article  The 21st Century - A Mass Extinction Event

United Nations Report set to Declare that 30% of all Fauna and Flora Faces Extinction

The economic expansion of coutries such as China and India, with the Western World's inability ...   more »

View Article  British Columbia Proposes Provincial Fossil (Four Contenders in the Running)

British Columbia wants a Provincial Fossil - Four Candidates in Contention

British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province is looking for its own provincial fossil, to join the list of natural fauna ...   more »

View Article  Lobster Fisherman "catches" 300 million year old Lobster

Canadian Fisherman Hauls up 300 million year old Lobster Claw

We have all heard stories of fishermen who tell of the "one that got away", tall tales are as much ...   more »

View Article  If you go down to the woods today - discover a new species of Monitor Lizard

Beware of a new Dragon in the Woods - Varanus bitatawa  a New Species

Finding a new species of vertebrate is a rare event. Finding a new, large species, one that would be describes as "mega fauna" is exceptional.   more »

View Article  From Full Stops to Commas - update on the Frog Blog 2010

Tadpoles are Developing - Frog Blog 2010

Not exactly the most wonderful spring weather at the moment, at least we have been able to avoid the heavy snow falls that ...   more »

View Article  Sir David Attenborough Comments on the Restrictions placed on Children to Learn about Nature

Sir David Attenborough wants Children to Gain a "Foundation Stone" of Science

The natural curiosity of children with their desire to collect and understand the world around them is being ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog 2010

Frog Blog 2010 - We have Frog Spawn in the Office Pond

Last night there were clear skies and air temperatures dropped to near freezing.  We were concerned about the ...   more »