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Who’s Tough Enough to Eat a Sea Spider?

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Rather than “Who’s Tough Enough to Eat a Sea Spider?” you need to know what a sea spider is. They have been around for millions of years, but live in an environment not often in contact with humans. Volcanic ash near Herefordshire, UK, reveals spider fossils from 425 million years ago. They’ve been here a long time. More recently, scientific expeditions to the Antarctic area have discovered some amazing current examples. Just off the Ross Sea Shelf in Southern Antarctica Read More

Spinosaurus – The Largest Land Carnivore of All Time?

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T. rex versus Spinosaurus – Giant Killers Scientists knowledge of dinosaurs has greatly improved over the last decade or so. New fossil finds coupled with new research techniques have enabled palaeontologists to learn a great deal about these reptiles. When we visit schools or work in museums our staff get bombarded with questions and one of the most popular is – which is the largest, meat-eating dinosaur of them all? To be truthful, this is a difficult question to answer, Read More