Australian Scientist Warns of Marine Environment Mass Extinction Event

Our influence on the climate leading to global warming and the acidification of the oceans, over fishing and other human activities ...   more »

Feathered Dinosaurs Inspire Artist (Renaissance Dinosaur)

Melbourne based artist Kate Rohde, a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts has been inspired by feathered dinosaurs to create some unique pieces of ...   more »

Darwinism and the Shape of Living Things

A definition of life used by scientists is anything that may be subject to the laws of Darwinism such as natural selection.  For ...   more »

Paper Published on Crocodile with Mammal-like Teeth

Scientists writing in the journal "Nature" have reported on their research into a strange and bizarre cat-sized crocodile that filled a niche in the ...   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 »

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 »

Did Prehistoric Man enjoy a Primitive version of the Cinema?

We live in an age where TV screens are getting bigger and bigger.  High definition, surround sound, home cinema experience ...   more »

Trees, Tiller Trouble and Tornadoes - 1910 Expedition Re-enactment Crew Set Off

Those plucky adventurers attempting to re-create the 1910 Barnum Brown expedition travelling along the Red Deer River in ...   more »

Ancient Arctic Fossil Site Reveals Arctic was much Warmer Recently

Scientist's studying the Arctic's ancient past have issued a stark warning about the future climatic conditions the Arctic will face ...   more »

Voyage Re-enacts Dinosaur Expedition of 1910

For the last eight years Palaeontology Technician Darren Tanke (Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada) has pursued a dream of re-enacting Barnum Brown's historic ...   more »

3,000 Year Old Prehistoric Art Discovered in South Yorkshire

For John Gilpin, a Woodlands Officer in the Council's Parks and Countryside department at Sheffield Council (South Yorkshire, England) a day's ...   more »

The Prolific Tenontosaurus

We have just finished writing and testing a new teaching session aimed at Year 7 students (key stage 3) for the national curriculum science element.  Working around ...   more »

Predator/Prey Relationships in the Fossil Record

The problem with movies, dvds and television documentaries is that in many cases the scientific evidence is often embellished to some extent to make ...   more »

Calls for the Start of the Holocene to be put Back 2,000 Years due to Lack of Mammoth Belches

American Scientists have linked the extinction of mammalian mega fauna by humans ...   more »

Australopithecus sediba - Ancient Hominid Fossil Named by South African Student

A name suggested by a seventeen-year old student at St Mary's school in Waverley, Johannesburg (South Africa) has been chosen ...   more »