Dinosaurs

A brontosaurus: we are willing to forgive this colossal dinosaur its tiny head | Helen Sullivan

Perhaps we introduce children to dinosaurs long before they understand evolution to teach them to imagine the past and to love doing so

Helen Sullivan

18, Sep, 2023 @3:00 PM

‘My milkman saw her once’: Loch Ness sees biggest monster hunt in 50 years

Armed with drones, cameras, notepads and binoculars, hundreds of volunteers have arrived in the Scottish Highlands while others watch online from as far away as Japan

Eve Livingston at Loch Ness

26, Aug, 2023 @5:03 PM

Terrence the T-Rex review – dino entertainers lock horns

In this comic two-hander, uptight Terrence is hawking a prehistoric children’s show when he’s forced into collaborating with upfront Tri-Sarah-Tops

Chris Wiegand

21, Aug, 2023 @11:00 AM

UK experts fear losing access to ice age mammoths Cotswolds site to UAE

Archeologists and palaeontologists say legislation needed to protect major finds championed by David Attenborough

Dalya Alberge

05, Aug, 2023 @2:18 PM

‘Not always king’: fossil shows mammal sinking teeth into dinosaur

Discovery in China challenges view of early mammals as ‘fodder’ for dinosaurs, say researchers

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

18, Jul, 2023 @3:00 PM

Fossils show long necks of prehistoric reptiles were targeted by predators

Evidence suggests slender necks of some ancient marine creatures were a deadly weakness

Ian Sample Science editor

19, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species

Creature has been named Vectipelta barretti after Prof Paul Barrett of London’s Natural History Museum

Matthew Weaver

16, Jun, 2023 @7:48 AM

David Attenborough's new series at last shows dinosaurs in all their feathered glory | David Hone

The prehistoric age has been stuck in a cultural rut since Jurassic Park. As a palaeontologist, I’m glad to see this era is over, says Dr David Hone of Queen Mary, University of London

David Hone

26, May, 2023 @11:08 AM

Forget Jurassic Park: inside the gorgeous David Attenborough series that’s redefining dinosaurs

Prehistoric Planet’s intimate, moving CGI footage is revolutionising natural history – and it’s presented by a national treasure. We meet the creators of a unique TV series

Stuart Heritage

19, May, 2023 @10:30 AM

Dinosaur skull found in Queensland belonged to sauropod that roamed almost 100m years ago

Fossil from fourth-ever discovered specimen of a titanosaur may reinforce theory that dinosaurs travelled between South America and Australia

Donna Lu

11, Apr, 2023 @11:48 PM

Tyrannosaurus rex had lips over its teeth, research suggests

Contrary to depiction in movies like Jurassic Park, scientists now believe T rexes were not ‘toothy lipless things’

Nicola Davis

30, Mar, 2023 @6:00 PM

‘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