The Great London [05/03/22] 

  • Fossils: Scientists weigh in on 'giraffe relative' fossil

    An ancient relative of the giraffe was a huge, heavy animal with thick legs, a flat face and massive, curly horns flaring out from its skull, said a study Wednesday.The reconstruction of a skeleton of an extinct giraffe-like animal, assumed to be the biggest ruminant mammal ever [Credit: AFP/Christopher Basu]Dubbed Sivatherium gig…

  • Palaeontology: Isle of Skye fossil makes three species one

    The discovery of a tiny, 170-million-year-old fossil on the Isle of Skye, off the north-west coast of the UK, has led Oxford University researchers to conclude that three previously recognised species are in fact just one.The Skye fossil [Credit: Close et al.]During a fossil-hunting expedition in Scotland last year, a team of rese…

  • Natural Heritage: Global wildlife populations decline by 58 percent

    Global populations of vertebrates -- mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish -- have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Animals living in the world's lakes, rivers, and freshwater systems have experienced the most dramatic population declines, at 81 percent. Bec…

  1. Extremely rare skeleton and coffin go on display at JORVIK Viking Centre
  2. Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, Third to Seventh Century AD
  3. Sculptures of Stoa of Attalos in ancient Agora to be showcased
  4. 13th-century Reliquary of St. Maurus on display at Prague Castle
  5. Ancient Arabia re-interpreted: Part Four