Already one of Canada’s protected Ecological Reserves, on July 17th, 2016 Mistaken Point was granted World Heritage status, making it the province of Newfoundland and Labrador’s fourth World Heritage Site, and the first anywhere in the world to be inscribed on the basis of Precambrian fossils. Continue reading
Museum Lates have become a familiar feature in London – everyone from the Science Museum to the Tate Modern are opening up for evening visitors. Two weeks ago, we participated in our first Courtyard Lates event – the second of a three part series of evening events at Burlington House. Visitors stopped by for a … Continue reading
Everyone has heard of the Natural History Museum – but did you know there are more than 250 geological collections across the UK? Continue reading
‘What would a palaeontologist of the far future do if he, she (or indeed, it) came upon technofossils, the petrified artefacts of a long-extinct civilization?’ Continue reading
A guest post from Exploration Geoscientist Ben Kilhams, Communications Officer of our Petroleum Group… Everyone loves a good dinosaur. For many, their first fossil discovery or interaction with a museum exhibit instils a lifelong passion for understanding the history and mysteries of our planet. But one particular dinosaur (or at least a skeletal replica) has … Continue reading
The Geological Society’s 2016 Lyell Meeting, which takes place on 9 March, will look at palaeoninformatics – the information technology used to manage, preserve and distribute palaeontological data ‘Palaeontological data is our record of life on earth, and of the history of our biosphere’ says University College London’s Dr Jeremy Young, who is co-convening the … Continue reading
Nearly three years ago, two researchers uncovered a series of footprints on a beach in Happisburgh, Norfolk. Preserved for at least 800,000 years beneath layers of sediment, the footprints had been exposed by recent storms. There was just enough time to record 3D images of them before they were swallowed up by the tide. Continue reading
Former President, author and palaeontologist Richard Fortey’s new BBC 4 documentary is kicking off tonight! ‘Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution’ investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the remarkable and unique species that live on them. Episode one, which travels to Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born … Continue reading
A new study published today in the Scottish Journal of Geology reveals hundreds of rare dinosaur footprints and handprints, recently discovered on the Isle of Skye in Scotland… Continue reading
The Journal of the Geological Society’s series of ‘Review Focus’ articles on fossil Lagerstätten continues with recently discovered fossils from Emu Bay, South Australia, which are casting new light on the early evolution of vision… Continue reading
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