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View Article  Happy Birthday Sir Richard Owen

Happy Birthday Sir Richard Owen

Sir Richard Owen, English anatomist and palaeontologist was born this day in 1804.  Born in Lancaster, in the northwest of England, he rose from relatively ...   more »

View Article  One of our favourite Dinosaurs - Protoceratops

Protoceratops - A Favourite Dinosaur amongst Palaeontologists

A few years ago whilst relaxing after a hard day's work on a fossil site in Alberta, Canada, the topic of conversation moved ...   more »

View Article  Summer Holiday Activities - Baking with Dinosaurs

Summer Holiday Activities - Baking with Dinosaurs

I am sure many young Dinosaur fans would have watched the ground breaking BBC Television series "Walking with Dinosaurs" first aired on BBC1 ...   more »

View Article  Confirmation of Tadpole Sighting in Pond

Tadpole Sighting Confirmed

After the unconfirmed sighting of a tadpole in the pond at the back of our offices on Monday (July 7th), when we had thought that all the ...   more »

View Article  "Locavores" - Eating only Locally Sourced Food

Being a Locavore - Returning to our Roots

The idea of being a "locavore" sourcing food only from the local area is not new. This word may just be entering our common language but it describes behaviour that is very natural to our species.   more »

View Article  Fabulous Ferns - Part of a Dinosaur's Diet

Ferns Hangers on from the Age of Reptiles

There are an estimated 12,000 different species of ferns in the world, although ferns can be found in most gardens and some ...   more »

View Article  European Champions for Prehistoric Animal Genera - How did we do?

Is the number of Prehistoric Animal Genera a good Guide to National Football Team Performance?

At the start of the 2008 European Football championships some of the team members at ...   more »

View Article  A Maternal Mammoth

Did Mammoths make Good Mothers?

With the many fossils of Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) and the ancestral type Mammuthus meridionalis, plus the opportunity to observe modern elephant species, scientists have ...   more »

View Article  Real Life "Jurassic Park" not too Far Away

TV Documentary Explores Dinosaur Genome

A TV programme being shown for the first time in the UK (Discovery Channel over the weekend) aims to demonstrate steps taken by scientists to ...   more »

View Article  European Champions for Prehistoric Animal Genera?

Euro 2008 - Who has the most Prehistoric Animal Genera?

Just for a little bit of fun, todays article attempts to link the start of the European football championships with ...   more »

View Article  When is a Mass Extinction a Mass Extinction?

Defining a Mass Extinction

Mass extinctions by definition are substantial events, however just how are mass extinctions distinquished from other extinction events?   more »

View Article  A Recipe for Making Tyrannosaurus rex Gingerbread

Dinosaur Gingerbread - a Tasty Tyrannosaurus Treat

Tyrannosaurus rex is regarded as one of the fiercest predators ever to have stalked the planet.  Although palaeontologists debate what proportion of ...   more »

View Article  Dinosaurs in the Kitchen

Dinosaurs Baking and Making

New biscuit and cookie cutters from Everything Dinosaur, ideal for kitchen fun and for dinosaur themed parties.    more »

View Article  Dinosaurs for the Beach

Dinosaurs for the Beach

Just in time for the Summer holidays a dinosaur themed beach set, with everything a young palaeontologist might need for a trip to the seaside.

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View Article  Rapid Climate Change - not for the First Time

Quick reflection on the Holocene

Here in the Holocene, the name given to epoch that represents the last 10,000 years or so our planet is experiencing  a period of relatively ...   more »