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Please welcome Perucetus, the new - and largest- known archeoceti.

A whale of enormous proportions. While it's exact size and weight is certainly a matter of heated debates it was no doubt a really big boi. Here a quick sketch of it approaching a time traveler.

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Driving along when suddenly a green shell comes flying at you from behind? We’ve all been there, but how exactly did turtle shells first evolve? Explore the ways in which turtles developed their defences in our new article.

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Cutiepie — Velociraptor is out, Mononykus is in!

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It’s a 2022 Talking with… !

We reached out to Han Hu to find out all about bird watching (for both extinct and extant species), her most striking career moment, what it was like moving across three continents, and much more!

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We were lucky enough to learn visit one of the most famous fossil bed assemblages in the UK, the Hypsilophodon Bed! Read all about this amazing horizon and how these dinosaurs might have died!

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This week on Darwin's Door, we discuss Hanover Point, a site on the Isle of Wight we were luckily enough to visit ourselves! Join us as we show all of the amazing dinosaur footprints exposed there!

Above: selection of footprints from Hanover Point.

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We are back! This week we are exploring the origins of the fossil Pokèmon in a much more light hearted article! What inspiration do these Pokèmon have, and is there any accuracy in their designs?

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We are back! This week we are exploring the origins of the fossil Pokèmon in a much more light hearted article! What inspiration do these Pokèmon have, and is there any accuracy in their designs?

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The context:  Crabs and crab-like body plans have evolved independently (convergently) at least 5 times in earth’s history.  This is called carcinisation.

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After the devastating extinction of the dinosaurs, how did the world not only survive, but thrive? This week we journey into the Paleogene and its epochs to unravel more prehistory!

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Happy 2 year anniversary to Darwin's Door! To celebrate we are launching a new series: Historic Figures!

In our very first article we talk the early life and origins the Father of Evolution, Charles Darwin! The second half will be up next week, where we conclude his life story.

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After a brief barren zone as we finished off our dissertations, we are back! This week on Darwin's Door we dicuss the iconic fish eating dinosaur Baryonyx and why its diet was so controversial!

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by James Gurney

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I gave him feathers just because I wanted to.

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Our new interview sees the stegosaur savant, Evan Saitta, chat about his amazing achievements his incredible fields of research, what its like being thrust into the public eye, and more. Check out the full interview to get to know this palaeo pro!