Manta rays in deep-diving mode: why do they venture down into the darkness?

They glide majestically through tropical oceans and are considered peaceful giants. But manta rays lead [...]

Palaeontology: How dinosaurs shaped the landscape

New study shows: Prehistoric giants were probably the first landscape architects on Earth. Dinosaurs were [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Silent giant from prehistoric times: New findings about Temnodontosaurus

A marine reptile more than ten metres long that moved almost silently through the prehistoric [...]