Coastguards were forced to rescue fossil hunters who got stuck in sinking mud on the Jurassic Coast where walkers took to the beach despite a recent huge collapse. Teams were called out to nearby Charmouth Bay, Dorset, at around 1.45pm on Saturday
An amateur fossil hunter has raged at the BBC, saying he is “appalled” at being airbrushed out of a David Attenborough documentary. Respected palaeontologists have also called the oversight “inexcusable” and an “injustice” after Phil Jacobs, 69, wasn’t named for finding the
Sir David Attenborough hopes the discovery of a skull from a colossal sea monster will inspire children to be fossil hunters and scientists. The 97-year-old veteran broadcaster will appear in a documentary about the pliosaur, a ferocious marine reptile that terrorised the
The commitment was made after days of heated and widespread wrangling at the COP28 conference in Dubai. It marked the first time there has been explicit mention in a COP agreement of reducing the use of coal, oil and gas – the
The leader of the COP28 climate summit has made alarming comments regarding the need to phase out fossil fuels to limit global warming. Sultan Al Jaber claimed there is “no science” behind the need to phase out fossil fuels in order to
The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate change. They stated affiliations like the government of Brazil, Indigenous organizations of the Amazon, the Climate Registry. But in reality, the livelihoods of these participants were more aligned with
Palaeontologists working in South America have found a “spectacular fossil site” which is shining a light on life in the late Cretaceous — the twilight era of the non-avian dinosaurs. Located in southern Argentina’s Patagonia region, the Cañadón Tomás Quarry was first
Protesters with the words “End Fossil Fuels” emblazoned on their shirts interrupted the U.S. Open semifinals match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova on Thursday. The incident occurred early in the second set with Gauff leading the match 6-4, 1-0, when it
The world’s oldest jellyfish fossil has been found — believed to be 505 million years old. A study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences noted that the fossil of a free-swimming predatory jellyfish was found recently.
A fossil hunter found a 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk while on a recent visit to a local quarry. Jamie Jordan, 33, was at a quarry in Cambridgeshire, near Peterborough, England, roughly 75 miles north of London, when he spotted something notable in the