In Chicago’s Field Museum, behind a series of access-controlled doors, are about 1,500 dinosaur fossil specimens. The palaeobiologist Jasmina Wiemann walks straight past the bleached…
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Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
After achieving worldwide fame through numerous hit films and TV shows, leading to a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, Kermit the Frog has another…
View More Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the FrogHuge, bitey, freakishly ugly: is this the world’s nastiest prehistoric reptile?
Name: Khinjaria acuta. Age: About 67m to 69m years old. Appearance: Demon-faced and dagger-toothed. I’m sensing that a new dinosaur has just dropped. Correct. Well,…
View More Huge, bitey, freakishly ugly: is this the world’s nastiest prehistoric reptile?The 280m-year-old fossil reptile that turned out to be a forgery
Generations of palaeontologists have marvelled over a 280m-year-old fossilised lizard-like reptile, Tridentinosaurus antiquus, discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931. Thought to be one of…
View More The 280m-year-old fossil reptile that turned out to be a forgeryTeeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meat
With its huge feet, long neck and penchant for plants, the diplodocus may be one of history’s biggest vegetarians. But research has revealed the sauropod’s…
View More Teeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meatDNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world
Two-million-year-old DNA from northern Greenland has revealed that the region was once home to mastodons, lemmings and geese, offering unprecedented insights into how climate change…
View More DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic worldTiny reptile unearthed in Scotland was ‘closely related to pterosaurs’
After more than a century of debate, researchers have settled the mystery of a tiny, enigmatic reptile that left an impression on Scottish sandstone nearly…
View More Tiny reptile unearthed in Scotland was ‘closely related to pterosaurs’‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists
The mystery of a bizarre creature dubbed the “alien goldfish”, which has baffled fossil experts for decades, may have been solved, according to scientists who…
View More ‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientistsRespiratory infection found in dinosaur that lived 150m years ago
In a timely reminder that respiratory infections are not a modern malaise, researchers have found the first evidence of such an affliction in a dinosaur…
View More Respiratory infection found in dinosaur that lived 150m years agoHuge ‘sea dragon’ named one of UK’s greatest fossil finds
A gigantic prehistoric “sea dragon” discovered in the Midlands has been described as one of the greatest finds in the history of British palaeontology. The…
View More Huge ‘sea dragon’ named one of UK’s greatest fossil finds