Fossilised dinosaur prints, volcanic craters, ice-carved corries – there are places in Britain where the landscape is a portal to the past. Hanna Lindon takes a stroll through 4 billion years of British history

One of the longest dinosaur paths has been discovered in an unlikely location. ‘Jurassic trackways’ are rare in the UK, yet in a quarry in Oxfordshire, scientists have revealed a dinosaur ‘superhighwa

The ichthyosaur fossil was discovered in 2001, but ...

On being told that they had been bitten by a venomous snake, most eight-year-olds would panic. Not Nicholas Jubber; he was not terrified but disappointed by a diagnosis that contradicted his own. Nich

Pachycephalosauria comes from the Greek meaning ‘thick-headed lizard’ © ...

Before I realise what’s happening, the lid is off – and James Maclaine is pulling out a fistful of deep-sea anglerfish. I hadn’t been expecting him to plonk his bare hand inside the jar. I peer more c