Known for its massive size, powerful jaws and razor-sharp teeth, the Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous period.

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

Dinosaurs had sex. Fossil nests and eggs, as well as the ways today’s birds and crocodiles reproduce, leave no doubt on that ...

Join us on this special tour as we delve into the fascinating history of our beautiful building and reveal the secrets it holds. We’ll start our story in the late 1800s, giving you the chance to see ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an ...

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Scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have discovered a vast quarry floor covered with hundreds of ...

The earliest known dinosaur fossils date back to approximately 230 million years ago. Recent research suggests that even ...

The biggest dinosaur foot prints in the UK have been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire and the BBC will show them in a ...

That sentiment stems from a new paper published in Current Biology which posits that dinosaur fossils older than we’ve ever ...

The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became ...

Read on to discover incredible animals that once inhabited the UK (and to see which ones are making a comeback)... Gigello/Shutterstock Brown bears were once a common sight in Britain. These wild ...