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Most visited UK museum in 2021 revealed

The Natural History Museum was the most visited UK museum in 2021. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has revealed that the London museum had a 21% increase in attendance with 1,571,413 visitors last year, making it the most ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Last day of the dinosaurs ‘arrived in the spring’

The asteroid which killed nearly all dinosaurs struck the Earth during the spring, researchers have concluded. In a new study, experts used extremely powerful X-rays and carbon isotope records of the bones of fish that died less than an hour ...

23 Feb 2022 at 17:25

Sir David Attenborough to explore final day of the dinosaurs for new BBC film

Sir David Attenborough will explore how dinosaurs came to be extinct in a new documentary for the BBC. The veteran broadcaster and naturalist will look at some of the fossil finds from a new dig site at a secret, prehistoric graveyard ...

18 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Footprints of early dinosaur discovered on Welsh beach

Footprints discovered on a South Wales beach could have been made more than 200 million years ago by an early relative of a dinosaur, experts believe. Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum believe the footprints – known as a ...

31 Dec 2021 at 10:25

Dinosaurs were in their prime before asteroid downfall, study finds

Dinosaurs were struck down in their prime and were not in decline at the time the asteroid hit, according to a new study. The landmark findings provide the strongest evidence yet that the animals dominated the world right up until a ...

07 Dec 2022 at 20:00

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T rex skeleton sells for more than £4 million at Zurich auction

Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton have sold at an auction in Switzerland for 4.8 million francs (£4.26 million). Crafted into an ...

18 Apr 2023 at 17:53

Fossilised cat-sized reptile found in Scotland was ‘early relative of pterosaurs’

A fossilised reptile unearthed in Scotland lived during the age of dinosaurs and was closely related to an extinct group of flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, new research suggests. The small cat-sized creature, named ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:00

Researchers discover most dinosaurs were warm-blooded

Whether dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded has been one of the oldest questions in palaeontology, but now researchers think they finally have the answer. Based on clues from their bones that indicated how much the ...

25 May 2022 at 18:03

John Cleese to make GB News debut with The Dinosaur Hour

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese is set to present his first show on GB News, kicking off at 9pm this Sunday. The comedy actor, 84, will present The Dinosaur Hour from 12th century Hedingham Castle in Essex where he ...

29 Oct 2023 at 02:45

Prehistoric flying reptiles lived on diet of squid and fish, scientists reveal

Scientists have found that prehistoric flying reptiles that lived 182 million years ago lived on a diet of small fish and squid. The “first-ever discovery” of the fossilised stomach contents of pterosaurs has led ...

25 Oct 2024 at 11:44

Arts & Entertainment

EXPLAINED: How dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites

Large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets so they could have stronger bites, a new study suggests. Although the eye socket is just a hole in the skull housing ...

12 Aug 2022 at 23:33

New dinosaur species may be closest known relative of T. rex, study suggests

A new dinosaur species may be the closest known relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, a new study suggests. The research reshapes scientists’ understanding of how the most famous dinosaur – T. rex – might have first ...

11 Jan 2024 at 16:00

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