130 stranded whales rescued in Australia

After the majority of the 160 pilot whales that stranded on the west coast of [...]

Australia: Dozens of pilot whales stranded on the west coast

Numerous pilot whales have stranded on a beach off the coast of Western Australia. Between [...]

Palaeontology: Eleven-year-old finds remains of fish dinosaur in Great Britain

In Somerset in southern England, at the mouth of the River Severn, Ruby Reynolds and [...]

Palaeontology: 200 million year old leaves “Furcula granulifer”

The development of the characteristic appearance of leaves in flowering plants was apparently a process [...]

Palaeontology: Unknown giant kangaroo species weighing up to 170 kilograms discovered

Scientists have recently discovered three previously unknown species of giant kangaroos in Australia that lived [...]

Palaeontology: This decades-old mystery has been solved

In 1850, the British naturalist Samuel Stutchbury discovered huge, partially burnt tree trunks at Aust [...]

Palaeontology: Primary school pupils in California find 11,500-year-old fossil

There was great excitement at Tara Redwood School in California when primary school pupils discovered [...]

Palaeontology: Species of ray discovered in Bavaria – this is Aellopobatis bavarica

In a recent publication in the journal Papers in Palaeontology, researchers led by Julia Türtscher, [...]

Palaeontology: Oversized freshwater turtle discovered in Amazonia

The aquatic landscapes of the Amazon are home to some of the largest representatives of [...]

Palaeontology: Researchers discover 100 unknown species in the sea near New Zealand

Off the eastern coast of New Zealand stretches the 800 kilometre long Bounty Trough, a [...]