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The spectacular titanosaur cast, which is four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus and 12 metres longer than Hope the blue whale, will be on show at The Natural History Museum next year

The skeleton will arrive on loan from Argentina‘s Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio

Named Whatcheeria, it had huge razor sharp teeth and bone crushing jaws that snapped animals in half

Picture highly evolved raptors planting their flag on the moon

Dinosaur-loving Kyle Lewis, five, from South Yorkshire, died in the arms of his parents days after he choked on a notice board pin an was rushed to hospita

One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction

The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize its chance to change the narrative?

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them. The food chain collapsed. Over 90% of all species vanished.…

A £21million auction of a T-rex skeleton has been called off after doubts were raised over its authenticity, with one expert claiming the specimen had been mixed with replica bones

Remains of slug-like Ediacaran animal Kimberella contain compounds suggesting it had a gut and ate bacteria and algae from the ocean floor

South Africa is famous for its amazingly rich and diverse fossil record. The country’s rocks document more than 3.5 billion years of life on Earth: ancient forms of bacterial life, the emergence of life onto land, the evolution of seed-producing plants, reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals – and humanity.