The lucky discovery of an ichthyosaur was made on what's known as the 'Jurassic Coast.' An example of an ichthyosaur, exhibited at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A similar ...

Dorset’s landscapes are the setting for the rural traditions preserved in Thomas Hardy’s novels and for Enid Blyton’s childhood adventures; a place where green ridges link villages of thatched ...

(CNN) — The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets ...

Just down the shore from where children build sand castles and parents relax beneath brightly colored umbrellas, fossil hunters chip away, hoping to uncover a piece of England’s prehistoric past. They ...

The gigantic skull of a predatory sea monster that preyed in the oceans millions of years ago has been excavated from a cliff in the United Kingdom in what scientists are saying is one of the most ...

Proposals for a further section of Dorset's Jurassic coastline to form part of the England Coast Path have been revealed. Natural England (NE) wants to develop a new route along a 42 mile (67 km) ...

No velociraptors, but plenty of breathtaking views (Picture: Alamy/PA) The words ‘Jurassic Coast’ might conjure images of a famous movie franchise. But while the 95-mile stretch straddling Devon and ...

The charity set up to conserve and promote the Jurassic Coast is to close down, it has announced. The Jurassic Coast Trust (JCT) said it assessed its commercial activities and the effects of rising ...

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