New research published today in the Journal of the Geological Society tracks the remains of ancient life preserved in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, and may even help identify life elsewhere in the Solar System. Continue reading
Tag Archives: fossils
The 2018 Geoscience Education Academy
The Geoscience Education Academy is a four-day CPD workshop for UK secondary teachers which ran from the 24-27 July 2018. Work experience student Dion George tells us about his time helping out at the GEA… Continue reading
Life, underground
A new study finds that creatures beneath the Earth’s surface dominated life on Earth for most of our planet’s history – and could hold the key to the search for life on other worlds… Continue reading
Yorkshire’s first embryo-bearing ichthyosaur was pregnant with octuplets
A specimen described today in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society is the star attraction in the Yorkshire Museum’s new exhibition, Yorkshire’s Jurassic World, which opened on March 24. Continue reading
Rare giant dinosaur footprints shed light on Scotland’s Jurassic past
Dozens of giant footprints discovered on Skye are providing rare evidence of dinosaur evolution in the Middle Jurassic epoch. Continue reading
The 2018 Great Geobakeoff
The Great Geobakeoff is back! Continue reading
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Fiann Smithwick, scientific adviser and part of the fossil excavation team for the BBC 1 documentary ‘Attenborough and the Sea Dragon’, speaks to us about his experiences working on a natural history documentary with Sir David Attenborough, his fossil hunting and his PhD topic of fossil colour… Continue reading
The 2017 Great Geobakeoff – the results!
The fourth Great Geobakeoff is finally concluded! It’s been another epic year, with more than 40 of you entering the competition, with a combined total of nearly 80 entries – huge thanks to everyone who took part! Continue reading
Engineering a Dinosaur
Our March London Lecture was given by Professor Emily Rayfield, a palaeontologist at the University of Bristol. Continue reading
The search for the world’s oldest animal fossils
New research on some of the world’s oldest potential animal fossils is published today in the Journal of the Geological Society. Continue reading
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