Spectacular fossil of an eight-foot SHARK that roamed the seas 150 million years ago and was one of the largest of its time is unearthed in Germany The well-preserved skeleton of the Asteracanthus shark were found in Bavaria The almost complete skeleton shows that Asteracanthus was up to 8ft long There were 150 teeth preserved within … Read more
Edith Pretty is neither a household name nor considered a national treasure. But had it not been for her — a wealthy, idiosyncratic widow with a ferocious sense of civic duty and patriotic pride — Britain would have been denied one of its greatest national treasures. A new Netflix film, The Dig, to be released … Read more
Edith Pretty is neither a household name nor considered a national treasure. But had it not been for her — a wealthy, idiosyncratic widow with a ferocious sense of civic duty and patriotic pride — Britain would have been denied one of its greatest national treasures. A new Netflix film, The Dig, to be released … Read more
High Rise Britain: Italian photographer peeks inside the brutalist buildings of London’s council estates Italian photographer Marco Sconocchia said that his fascination for the British working classes prompted him Council estates built in the fifties and sixties encompassed the Brutalist architecture of the postwar period They quickly became home to hundreds of family who were … Read more
High Rise Britain: Italian photographer peeks inside the brutalist buildings of London’s council estates Italian photographer Marco Sconocchia said that his fascination for the British working classes prompted him Council estates built in the fifties and sixties encompassed the Brutalist architecture of the postwar period They quickly became home to hundreds of family who were … Read more
A mummified baby grey wolf with a perfectly preserved head, tail, paws and fur has been found in Yukon, northern Canada. The seven-week-old female wolf pup, christened Zhùr, had been locked in permafrost – ground that remains completely frozen – for 57,000 years. Researchers think the 1.4-pound pup, who had traces of salmon in her gut, died … Read more
Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany. Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more
Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany. Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more
Meggy Christmas! Future Duchess is seen wearing Santa hat in newly unearthed 2012 Richard Marx music video Ms Markle was spotted in the video for Spirit – a 2012 single by Richard Marx She is seen wearing a red and white Father Christmas hat at a dinner table Duchess of York was working as an … Read more
Meggy Christmas! Future Duchess is seen wearing Santa hat in newly unearthed 2012 Richard Marx music video Ms Markle was spotted in the video for Spirit – a 2012 single by Richard Marx She is seen wearing a red and white Father Christmas hat at a dinner table Duchess of York was working as an … Read more