Dinosaur digs
With every dinosaur discovery, we learn a little more about the animals that dominated our planet for 170 million years.
Palaeontologists have been searching for evidence of dinosaurs ever since the first discoveries of these prehistoric reptiles in the 1800s.
Find out about our dinosaur hunting expeditions, important discoveries from around the world and how to find dinosaur bones.
What does it take to be a dinosaur hunter?
Do you dream of digging up dinosaur bones and other fantastic fossils? Our experts reveal what life as a palaeontologist is like and how you could become one.
Mysterious Moroccan dinosaurs
Our dinosaur expert Professor Susie Maidment and an international team of scientists are hot on the trail of the Middle Jurassic’s missing dinosaurs.
The strange bones and footprints they’re finding in Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains are offering new insights into an exciting moment in dinosaur evolution.
Hunting for early dinosaurs in southern Africa
Around the remote South African settlement of Qhemegha, villagers have been stumbling across massive bones too big and old to belong to any of the local wildlife.
Our dinosaur researcher Professor Paul Barrett joined an international team to investigate what may be one of the most significant dinosaur sites ever found in the country.
British dinosaur discoveries
Dinosaurs can be found all around the world. But did you know that the UK has some of the best dinosaur sites in Europe?
