Dinosaurs

‘Gargantuan’: China fossils reveal 70-tonne dinosaur had 15-metre neck

Analysis of bones found in 1987 suggest Jurassic-era sauropod was animal with longest known neck

Ian Sample Science editor

15, Mar, 2023 @5:43 PM

65 review – Adam Driver v dinosaurs in almost fun enough thriller

A scrappy adventure, shot two years ago and getting unceremoniously dumped, isn’t as bad as its backstory would suggest but it’s missing something

Benjamin Lee

09, Mar, 2023 @8:42 PM

Dinosaur with Stephen Fry review – as enchanting as Jurassic Park

This four-part series uses CGI beasts to make it look like its host has been sent back in time, and it’s excellent – full of fascinating insights and gripping experiments

Stuart Jeffries

12, Feb, 2023 @8:00 PM

Scientists claim first discovery of mammal eaten by dinosaur

Paleontologists say they have identified foot of mouse-sized mammal in fossilised rib cage of predatory microraptor

Harry Taylor

21, Dec, 2022 @12:11 AM

Dinosaur head sold for $6m at US auction reveals new breed of art collectors

Sale of Maximus T rex at Sotheby’s reveals growing interest in palaeontological finds at auction houses

Alice Fisher

17, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM

Teeth suggest ancestors of diplodocus may have eaten meat

Analysis shows ‘earliest members of two main veggie dinosaur lineages were not exclusively herbivorous’

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

16, Dec, 2022 @7:00 PM

Queensland graziers unearth 100m-year-old plesiosaur remains likened to Rosetta Stone

Amateur fossil hunters find skull connected to body of marine giant elasmosaur for the first time in Australia

Joe Hinchliffe

06, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

‘Another slice of triceratops, Barbara?’ Did the fearsome T rexes take care of their sick?

The skeleton of ‘Barbara’, a pregnant and injured tyrannosaurus, raises a shocking possibility: that these dinosaurs had a touchy-feely side

29, Nov, 2022 @3:28 PM

‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus

One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction

Robin McKie Science Editor

26, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM

Tyrannosaurus rex skull expected to fetch £13m at US auction

Fossil named Maximus unearthed in South Dakota rated one of most complete T rex skulls ever found

Rupert Neate

08, Nov, 2022 @4:31 PM

Terrawatch: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs triggered global mega-tsunami

Jumble of rocks in far-flung locations help researchers work out how big and how far-reaching impact would have been

Kate Ravilious

26, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM

Tiny reptile unearthed in Scotland was ‘closely related to pterosaurs’

Researchers say Scleromochlus taylori belonged to species that evolved into giant flying reptiles