Dinosaurs were animal world’s top bone heads
Scientists have compared a dinosaur with several modern-day animals to settle...
Tag Archives: palaeontology
The Earliest Touchdown
Three hundred million years ago, a flying insect skidded to a...
The Oldest Buttercup Yet
Darwin called the origin of flowering plants an “abominable mystery.” They...
Ancient ‘Seaweed’ Rewrites History
The discovery of leaf-thin, seaweed-like fossils in China nudges back the...
Dinosaur Munchies May Have Bulked Up Pinecones
The next time you step on a big, spiky pinecone, blame...
Open Science
What is open science? I talk to Michael...
Canadian dig yields tiny dinosaur
The smallest meat-eating dinosaur yet to be found in North America...
Ancient shark had colossal bite
The great white shark may have awesome jaws but they are...
