Fossils: Preserving Ancient Life Stories
Discover how fossils preserve the story of ancient life, from amber-trapped insects to transitional species. Learn about fossilization, dating methods, Mary Anning, and digital paleontology.
March 2026
February 2026
Prehistoric Marine Life: Oceanic Predators
Explore the terrifying marine predators that ruled Earth's ancient oceans for hundreds of millions of years. Expert-written guide covering megalodon, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, Dunkleosteus, ammonites, trilobites, and Leedsichthys - with fossil evidence, size comparisons, and the science
July 2025
Archaeopteryx: The First Bird
Everything about Archaeopteryx: the Late Jurassic Urvogel, its dinosaur and bird traits, the Solnhofen fossils, black feather pigmentation, discovery history, and why it remains the most iconic transitional fossil ever found.
May 2025
Trilobites: Ancient Marine Creatures
Everything about trilobites: their 270 million year Paleozoic run, three-lobed bodies, mineralised calcite eyes, 22,000 described species, defensive enrolment, and their disappearance in the end-Permian mass extinction.
March 2025
Pterodactyl: The Misunderstood Pterosaur
Everything about Pterodactylus antiquus: the first pterosaur ever described, its Late Jurassic Solnhofen habitat, 1-metre wingspan, fish diet, pycnofibre coat, and why the word 'pterodactyl' is a misleading catch-all for all pterosaurs.
January 2025
Ichthyosaurs: Ancient Marine Reptiles
Everything about the ichthyosaur: temporal range, anatomy, dolphin-like convergent evolution, live birth, Mary Anning's 1811 discovery at Lyme Regis, Ophthalmosaurus giant eyes, and why these extinct marine reptiles vanished 30 million years before the dinosaurs.