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A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Musuem of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East Wing.

Remnants of Ancient Life review: Explore the palaeobiology revolution

11 January 2023

Dale Greenwalt's book is a gripping look at palaeobiology, a field achieving incredible insights into ancient life on Earth

Ammonite review: Here's the true story of palaeontologist Mary Anning

30 October 2020

Mary Anning's later life is explored in Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. The film does a good job of showing the hard work involved in paleontology, but the portrayal of Anning isn't entirely based on fact

Don't miss: Netflix's Altered Carbon, Reply All and our future fossils

26 February 2020

This week, listen as Reply All goes down the internet rabbit hole, watch the second series of Netflix's Altered Carbon, and ponder what fossils our culture will leave for the far future

Fossils of the earliest animals seen outside China for the first time

14 August 2019

How did animal life begin? A must-see exhibition in Oxford brings together the world's best fossils from the Cambrian explosion to tell the story

How palaeontology got cool: Inside the revolution in dinosaur science

26 June 2019

Dinosaurs have won a huge following as new techniques revolutionise what we know about how they lived and even looked. How well are popular books keeping up?

Can CGI finally convince us that Neanderthals were smart?

14 May 2018

We still see Neanderthals as dim, ape-people despite mounting evidence of their intelligence. Can a CGI makeover with Andy Serkis help transform their image?

Yorkshire's Jurassic World: David Attenborough opens new show

18 April 2018

There's more to the Jurassic than lumbering dinosaurs – try a whole world of giant sea reptiles and specimens from a time Yorkshire was positively tropical