Model of Mary Anning with dog in shop window

The pioneering palaeontologist became known around the world for her discoveries on the Jurassic Coast in the 1800s

Statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning to be officially unveiled

Undated handout photo issued by Anglian Water of palaeontologists working on the Ichthyosaur skeleton found at Rutland Nature Reserve. Scientists have hailed one of the "greatest finds" in British palaeontological history after the largest fossilised remains of a prehistoric "sea dragon" were discovered in the Midlands. The ichthyosaur, approximately 180 million years old with a skeleton measuring around 10 metres in length and a skull weighing approximately one tonne, is the largest and most complete fossil of its kind ever found in the UK. Issue date: Monday January 10, 2022.

The huge Ichthyosaur skeleton, which is 10 metres long and believed to be about 180 million years old, was found during routine maintenance on a nature reserve.

Huge 'sea dragon' discovery named one of UK's greatest ever fossil finds

The rare find, named Baby Yingliang, has shed a light on key links between modern day birds and dinosaurs.

Perfectly preserved embryo found inside 66 million-year-old dinosaur egg 

The find may provide evidence that hippos once roamed across Britain. 

Million-year-old hippo tooth found in Somerset cave

Fossilised footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers have said.

Oldest human footprints in North America found from 23,000 years ago

The samples are estimated to be 164-174 million years old. The pair found the site in Wiltshire during the second lockdown, while researching online. 

Couple uncover site with hundreds of rare marine fossils, thanks to Google Earth

A woman was astonished to find a three-toed footprint belonging to a Jurassic creature believed to be a huge species of dinosaur on a beach near Filey.

Yorkshire's 'largest ever dinosaur footprint' found near Filey

A photograph of the dinosaur footprint found on a beach in south Wales.

Natural Resources Wales received reports of people using sledgehammers and crow bars to try and remove rocks on the beach where the dinosaur print was found.

Dinosaur footprint beach damaged after people use 'sledgehammers and crow bars'

The print is believed to be around 220 million years old.

Four-year-old girl discovers dinosaur footprint on beach near Barry

Scientist at the University of Southampton  believe bones found on the Isle of Wight belong to new a species of dinosaur related to the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Scientists at the University of Southampton  believe bones found on the Isle of Wight belong to a new species of dinosaur related to the Tyrannosaurus rex.

New species of dinosaur related to T. rex discovered on Isle of Wight

A letter written by 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning has sold for more than eight times its guide price at auction. It went to a private collector despite a campaign to keep it in Mary's home town of Lyme Regis.

Letter by Dorset fossil hunter Mary Anning sells for more than £100,000 

The answer to how pre-historic animals made it from the water to land has been discovered in the Scottish Borders. 

15 million year old evolution answer found in Borders

New beachcombing courses are helping us learn what there is to discover beneath the shingle and sand

Bonkers about beachcombing in Suffolk

Paleontologists say some fossil hunters are digging into cliffs looking for relics and could be damaging the Norfolk coastline

Warning over fossil hunters on Norfolk coast

Recent cliff falls have provided an incentive for people to go fossil hunting along stretches of our coastline - but there comes a warning.

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