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Discover: our online magazine about the natural world
Bringing you the latest stories and answering your big questions about nature.
Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.
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Science newsTriassic reptile with unusual jaws named as a new species
Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of a once-widespread group of lizard-like animals.
6 December 2024 -
CollectionsThe plants in your Christmas pudding
We take a look at the plants used to create the festive figgy pudding and the stories behind them.
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Science newsLargest marine reptiles may have been wiped out by hidden Triassic extinction
The whale-sized shastasaurids went extinct over 200 million years ago.
4 December 2024 -
Science newsHomo sapiens and Neanderthals were becoming reproductively isolated
Researchers are probing what it means to be a separate species.
4 December 2024
