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Ideal solution: how to remove gold from fossils quickly, cheaply and safely
Chemists and geologists join forces to solve microscopy problem.
A finding to get your (fossilised) teeth into
Tiny fraction of jaw bone turns out to be world's largest toothed pterosaur
A ptotally pterrific pterobranch: amazing Cambrian fossil discovered
Pterobranch? It’s a type of hemichordate. Hemichordate...? Not the most familiar group of animals, for sure, but in evolutionary terms hemichordates are very important. To understand why, we first need to consider chordates – and before that, we need to consider vertebrates…
Which came first, the pterosaur or the egg?
Leicester palaeontologist’s amazing discovery sheds light on sexual differences and breeding habits of ancient flying reptile.
Quetzalcoatlus in 3D! Leicester pterosaur expert advises Christmas Day highlight
Six o-clock on Christmas Day. You’ve opened your pressies, had lunch, had a nap, watched The Queen. It’s dark and cold outside but inside it’s time for the highlight of the festive TV schedules: Flying Monsters on Sky 3D!