Natural History Museum scientists have described and named 190 new species to science in 2024 The list includes a snake named ...

A new species of ancient reptile has been named after spending more than 200 million years buried in the ground. Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of the procolophonids, a group of ...

Our species mated with the Neanderthals much later than thought. New research reveals that Neanderthal genes entered our own DNA within the past 50,000 years, rewriting the story of how Homo sapiens ...

Study argues that by the time of H. sapiens expansion, differentiation between the two species had occurred to the point where they were distinguishable species. Advocating the former, Chris Stringer ...

A previously unknown rock type at the future landing site of the European Space Agency’s new Mars rover is revealing more about the red planet. The rock is believed to have come from an ancient ...

Tyrannosaurs once roamed what is now the southern coast of England. Fossil teeth uncovered in East Sussex have provided the first evidence of these dinosaurs in this region from the Early Cretaceous ...

The fossilised lizard was found in Cromhall Quarry, southwest England Scientists have described a new species of procolophonid reptile The fossilised lizard was found in Cromhall Quarry, southwest ...

A small spider with white and black markings and a characteristic jerky ‘start and stop’ movement. Usually found hunting on external walls and surfaces but frequently venturing indoors through open ...

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Can you find Dippy's nostrils? What feature does Diplodocus share with humans but few other dinosaurs? Rotate, zoom in and explore the features of this popular dinosaur.

Remarks Phylogenetic analysis places this taxon at, or close to, the base of the Acroechinoidea. Kroh, A. & A. B. Smith, 2010. The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of ...