Palaeontology: Hippopotamuses in the Ice Age – Colossal creatures roamed the Upper Rhine Graben

New analyses reveal that these heat-loving animals survived in Central Europe much longer than previously [...]

Discovery of a new species of dinosaur with a sword-like snout causes a stir

An inconspicuous fossil that lay unnoticed in a museum collection for more than two decades [...]

Breeding triops: Do you know what I discovered after years of breeding?

How can you breed triops? You may have heard that these fascinating prehistoric crustaceans have [...]

An inconspicuous place with world fame: the fossil treasure trove of Messel

Messel, Hesse. When you step up to the edge of the Messel Pit today, you [...]

Breeding triops: Why you should start raising your own prehistoric crustaceans now

Triops are not ordinary pets, they are living fossils. These fascinating prehistoric crustaceans have existed [...]

New dinosaur tracks on the Isle of Skye: a glimpse into the world of the Jurassic period

Braunschweig. Where steep cliffs and rough seas dominate the landscape today, 167 million years ago [...]

Fossil discovery in the Steigerwald forest: skull of prehistoric giant amphibian found

Bavaria – Around 230 million years ago, bizarre amphibians roamed the landscape of what is [...]

Tyrannosaurus rex: King of Biting Force

A new research project at the University of Bristol provides exciting insights into the evolution [...]

The future of aquatics: AI-supported aquarium control and the art of aquascaping

Aquaristics has developed enormously in recent decades. What used to be mainly the keeping of [...]

Sensational discovery in Baden-Württemberg: New genus of plesiosaur discovered

A fossil find from southern Germany is causing a stir in palaeontology: researchers have identified [...]