Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Since Prototaxites were discovered in the fossil record in 1843, scientists have debated whether they were early land plants, ...

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The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is believed to be the largest ever land mammal – is now on display in Chatteris Museum ...

Land mammals responded in kind ... which were fast ruling the waters in the absence of the giant mosasaurs and plesiosaurs of the Cretaceous. Squid and other soft-bodied cephalopods replaced ...

Some mammals found in Britain such as squirrels scramble around the forests. Others stand tall with giant antlers like the red deer, Britain’s largest land mammal. Perhaps you’ve seen ponies ...

The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is believed to be the largest ever land mammal – is now on display in Chatteris Museum, Cambridgeshire.