Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a giant turtle species with some striking features, such as its shape, that lived tens of millions of years ago in South America. The research team found ...
SCIENTISTS have identified fossil remains dating back 70 million years as belonging to the largest-ever turtle recorded in Europe. A set of bones were found by a hiker in the Pyrenees mountains in ...
A 127 million-year-old fossil of a side-necked turtle, the first found to have lived in the UK, has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. The fossil has been nicknamed 'Burby' after enthusiast Steve ...
The evolution process of plants has been a mystery. However, a team of scientists recently studied plant fossils and linked it to plant reproduction evolution.
At a repatriation ceremony at the National Library of Chile in Santiago on Monday (13 May), Chilean authorities returned 117 fossils dating back 400 million years to Morocco. The artefacts had ...
We recently caught up with Claire Mellish, Curator of Fossil Arthropods, to have a look at a sensational butterfly specimen from the Museum's collection. The specimen in question is an exquisite ...
The research team, supported by the National Geographic Society, initially discovered the fossils in 2018. However, the findings were only recently published in the journal Cretaceous Research.
Two young brothers and their cousin made the discovery of a lifetime whilst hiking in North Dakota — a T-rex bone poking out ...
The kelp forests that hug the Pacific coastline are an underwater jungle. They’re a thicket of colossal algae intermixed with a pageant of life that includes snails, urchins, sea lions, sea otters, ...