Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel

ANCIENT HORNS Woolly rhinos prepare to do battle ...

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

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

A winter walk can offer up some truly beautiful and surprising wild spectacles – Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s reserves have plenty to offer

Last week, the fossilised bones of a stegosaurus and an adult and juvenile allosaurus were seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act, alongside nine luxury flats in London and a collection of Chinese art