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Switzerland

T-Rex skeleton sells for €4.9m at Swiss auction

Crafted into an open-mouth pose, the T. rex measuring 11.6 metres long and 3.9 metres high, came in below the anticipated range of €5m to €8m.

Netherlands

Researchers believe they have found a rare fossilised dinosaur embryo

The Geological museum known as ‘Oertijdmuseum’ in Boxtel, in the Netherlands, is scanning ancient dinosaur eggs, in the hope of finding a fossilized embryo inside.

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Kids join museum workers to sweep dust off dinosaur skeletons in Japan

Twenty-two kids from a local nursery school in Gifu, Japan join museum workers sweep dust off the models using brushes and dusters on Monday, when the museum is closed.

Culture news

Got a spare €20 million for a dinosaur skull?

As the holiday season ramps up, Sotheby's auction house in New York is getting ready to auction off some of its highest value luxury items, ranging from multi-million dollar pieces of jewelry to historical artifacts and even a one-of-a-kind dinosaur skull fossil

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Climate

Why did these German activists glue themselves to a dinosaur display?

Uprising of the Last Generation protestors claim the German government is failing to address climate change.

Green News

Viking arrows and long lost Roman 'ghost village' revealed by drought

Rivers across the world are drying up, exposing everything from sunken Dinosaur bones to a Spanish Stonehenge. The latest find is an abandoned Roman military camp.

Green News

Loch Ness Monster existence ‘plausible’ after fossil discovery

Scientists have discovered fossils in Morocco that could give hope to ‘Nessie’ hunters.

United Kingdom

Meet the new species of dinosaur discovered in England

With its long bulbous nose, Brighstoneus simmondsi was around eight metres long and weighed about 900kg.

France

World’s largest triceratops 'Big John' sells for €6.6 million in Paris

The seven-metre long skeleton was discovered in the United States in 2014 and was only expected to fetch up to €1.5 million.

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A triceratops reaches nearly 7 million euros in Paris

The largest triceratops ever discovered was sold at auction in Paris for for 6.65 million euros ($7.74 million) on Thursday.

France

Big John, the biggest triceratops ever found, goes on display in Paris

"On the top of being the biggest specimen in size, it is also very well preserved, up to 60 per cent of the skeleton which is incredible."

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World's largest triceratops skeleton on display in Paris

"Big John", a 66-million-year-old triceratops measuring 8 metres, is displayed in a gallery in the Marais district of central Paris until 20 October, ahead of an auction the following day at the Hôtel Drouot.

Climate

Dinosaurs experienced more extremes in weather than previously thought

New research suggests dinosaurs saw more extreme seasonal variation than previously thought, meaning that they lived with hot summers and cold winters.

Travel News

'Dinosaurs' roam a new Jurassic Mile in Singapore

Over 20 models from nine different prehistoric species are installed along the kilometer-long path, including bright blue velociraptors climbing on a buggy, a baby dinosaur hatching from an egg, and a long-necked apatosaurus peering at passersby over the fence.

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Roaring good time: 'Dinosaurs' roam cycling path in Singapore

Cyclists and pedestrians stop to pose with a giant rampaging Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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Rare Allosaurus dinosaur skeleton sells for €3 million at auction

The structure was fairly intact as more than 70% of the skeleton put up for auction is made from the creature's real fossilized bones, skull, teeth and claws.

Green News

PETA v Mesut Ozil: The battle for Arsenal's Gunnersaurus

An unexpected offer has come out of the internet's favourite story this week.

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One of the largest T-rex skeletons set to go up for auction

It could fetch up to €6.7 million.

United Kingdom

'Wonderchicken': Meet the small bird that outlived the dinosaurs

It survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.

World News

The day dinosaurs died: an asteroid, a giant tsunami, then darkness

What exactly happened when the asteroid that spelt the end of dinosaurs slammed into the Earth, 66 million years ago? Scientists are one step closer to understanding how dramatically the planet was transformed in just one day.