Newtonsaurus cambrensis is very large, larger than most, if not all, contemporary predators. For a therapod dinosaur from the Triassic era to be so large is essentially unprecedented. Scientists in ...

In southern Italy, scientists have uncovered the largest fossil of a blue whale ever identified, a find that challenges long-held ideas about the origins of Earth’s biggest animal. Detailed in the ...

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia’s Boodjamulla National Park. The ground-dwelling species – Menura tyawanoides – is an ancient ancestor of ...

The hills of Transylvania hold a story that feels almost impossible to fit into the palm of your hand. In a muddy streambed of the Hațeg Basin in western Romania, paleontologists have uncovered a ...

But this latest discovery seems to challenge that. It appears that Paranthropus had greater dietary flexibility than first interpreted, could adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions and was ...

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

In the first of a new series, curator Dr Neil Adams shares the stories and science of the fossil mammal collection.