The Netherlands is returning a fossil collection taken from Indonesia in the colonial era The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a renowned collection The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025
Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
New ‘apex predator’ dinosaur fossil unearthed with remains of crocodile prey still in mouth Dinosaur and its cousins were dominant predators in South America, study finds The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025
Scientists discover a new dinosaur with a crocodile bone in its mouth The new find hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025
Huge crater under North Sea was created by asteroid impact, scientists say Silverpit crater off Yorkshire coast was caused by cathedral-sized asteroid that set off 100-metre tsunami 43m years ago The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025
Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give ‘little windows’ into ancient life on Earth For the first time, scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025
Thursday mornings won’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg Letters: Steve Brown reveals how In Our Time has provided a superb resource for his teaching, plus letters from Robert McNulty, Helen Read and Moxley Cooper The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025
Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger’s bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils The Sahel country is one of the few African nations to boast rare dinosaurs, but safeguarding them is a challenge. Al Jazeera · Sep 12, 2025
Fossils show pair of baby pterosaurs ‘died in violent storm’ Stunning fossils from Germany reveal hatchlings were injured and drowned during tropical storm 150 million years ago The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025
Autumn has landed! Kate Garraway's polka dot raincoat is a style life saver for rainy September The broadcaster took a practical approach to autumn dressing and perhaps its a sign we should do the same Woman & Home · Sep 6, 2025
What is the world’s biggest coin and how many lions are there? The kids’ quiz Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2025
Mysterious ‘Petralona Man’ Skull Found In Cave 60 Years Ago Baffles Experts After New Study "Conspiracy TikTokers will have a field day with this." Bored Panda · Sep 1, 2025
‘Hypercarnivore’ crocodile relative that ripped apart dinosaurs discovered Species is second-largest predator known from Patagonian fossil site The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025
'Strangest ever' dinosaur armoured with metre-long spikes uncovered by scientists Spicomellus roamed the earth 165 million years ago and had bony spikes projecting from all of its ribs Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025 New fossil reveals secrets of ‘bizarre’ armoured dinosaur covered in spikes Experts have been left stunned by the dinosaur’s unique appearance
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2025 ‘Bristling with spikes’: oldest known ankylosaur fossil found in Morocco Extravagant armour and tail weaponry on Spicomellus afer fossil confound existing theories of how the species evolved
International Business Times · Aug 25, 2025 Human Ancestor Lucy Gets First European Showing In Prague The 3.18-million-year-old bone fragments of human ancestor Lucy, which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time Monday at the Czech National Museum in Prague.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2025 My two-year-old’s hearing loss diagnosis shocked me; her doctor’s words saved me I was horrified at the idea of these clunky devices on my tiny girl, but the profound advice her audiologist gave me sustains me to this day, says writer Helene Rosenthal
The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025 New species of dinosaur with ‘eye-catching sail’ discovered on Isle of Wight Istiorachis macarthurae, named after sailor Ellen MacArthur, had a pronounced sail along its back that may have been used to attract mates
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025 Scientists discover new dinosaur species with ‘eye-catching sail used for mating’ Fossils of the new iguanodontian dinosaur were found on the Isle of Wight
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2025 Michael Waldman obituary Other lives: Palaeontologist and geology teacher who discovered the first mammal fossil from the time of the dinosaurs in Scotland
The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025 ‘Status, hierarchy, cool – none of it matters’: Dinosaur Pile-Up’s frontman on the chronic illness that changed his life Doctors were baffled as Matt Bigland bled internally and his body became unrecognisable. He’s now channelled the trauma into a headbanging new album
The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2025 Josie Long: Now Is the Time of Monsters review – beauty in the beasts Candid family snapshots meet leftist politics and wondrous prehistoric megafauna in Long’s singular take on the state of the world
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025 Fossil teeth lead to discovery of human species that lived alongside our oldest ancestors New species does not have a name yet
Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025 Scientists discover astonishing razortooth whale which lived 25 million years ago A new species of prehistoric whale has been discovered in Australia