View Article  Frog Blog Week 5 - Tapoles nearly all Hatched
Frog Blog week 5 - Nearly all Tadpoles Hatched

Lots more activity with the tadpoles this week, the majority of them have now hatched.   more »

View Article  Prehistoric Feathers found in 100 million old Amber

Ancient Feathers found in Amber

According to the recent Proceedings of the Royal Society B a paper has been published on seven prehistoric feathers found encased in amber, the feathers ...   more »

View Article  The Tooth, the whole Tooth and nothing but the Tooth (Mammals)
Teeth in Mammals hold the Key to Identification

The distinctive ridges, cusps and furrows on mammalian teeth can provide palaeontologists with a lot of information.   more »

View Article  Ancient Harvestman Discovered Preserved in Amber

Ancient Arachnid found Preserved in Amber

Tiny bug provides an insight into late Eocene ecosystem, revealing a window through time to 40 million years ago.   more »

View Article  Deinonychus - a new Interpretation inspired by Ostrom

"Terrible Claw" - that was not so Terrible

In 1931, the great American fossil hunter Barnum Brown discovered the bones of a small, agile predatory dinosaur in Wyoming (Western USA).  ...   more »

View Article  Frog Blog Week 4 - Tadpoles starting to Hatch

The Tadpoles have begun to Hatch

The frog spawn in the pond has started to hatch, we have our first tadpoles.

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View Article  Review of Pop-up Facts Dinosaurs

Pop-up Facts Dinosaurs (Review)

Time to step back to the Mesozoic (Age of Reptiles) and meet some of the amazing animals the lived during the Triassic, Jurassic and the Cretaceous....   more »

View Article  Mammoths in the Cinema

Mammoths in the Cinema - 10,000 B.C. and all That

No prehistoric movie or television series seems complete without at least one Mammoth being included.  Now that CGI has come ...   more »

View Article  Man saves Wife from Crocodile

Woman is saved from Crocodile by Real-life "Crocodile Dundee"

A husband saved his wife from an attack by an 8 foot Saltwater crocodile.

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View Article  The Tuatara has a Surprise in its Genes

The Tuatara is the fastest-known Evolving Animal

A team of researchers have identified the rare Tuatara as the fastest evolving animal yet to be fully studied, at least at the ...   more »

View Article  Dinosaur Death Throes - Not what they Seem
Dinosaur Death Throes - Not what they Seem

Why do the fossilised skeletons of many dinosaurs show the same posture?   more »

View Article  Young Explorers Kit - Dinosaurs
Start Exploring Dinosaurs Activity Pack

Ideal for young, budding palaeontologists, a discover dinosaur kit which contains lots and lots of dinosaur themed craft activities.   more »

View Article  Frog Blog - Week 3 - Our Little Black Commas

Frog Blog - Week 3

The Frog spawn is showing signs of life, the eggs have developed into little black commas.   more »

View Article  Estimating the Size of Smilodon (Sabre-Tooth Cats)

Estimating the Size of Sabre-Tooth Cats

Getting to grips with the size and proportions of Smilodon, a large member of the cat family but perhaps not the biggest member of the Felidae.   more »

View Article  Dinosaur Jawbone found on Bus in Peru

Dinosaur Jawbone found on Bus in Peru - Evidence of more Fossil Smuggling

Peruvian officials got a bit of a surprise when they opend a suspicious package that had been ...   more »