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Katy Hamilton plays a young Mary Anning in the film written and directed by her mother A mother and daughter appear in a new film about palaeontologist Mary Anning, which premieres in Dorset next ...
Watch Louisa Britton's report. An ancient fossil found by Mary Anning when she was just 14 years old is now on display in Bristol. The huge fossil skull - of a type of ichthyosaur called a ...
Britain's rugged Jurassic Coast exposes millions of years of rock from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. It is a fossil-hunting goldmine.
Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. When Anning died from breast cancer at the age of only 47, 170 years ago today, she was mourned by ...
As I wander along Church Cliff Beach with more than 30 eager fossil hunters, my first thought is how easy it is to spot fossils hidden in the rocks along the beach. My second thought is that I should ...
Researchers have been studying a recently discovered childhood token - believed to have belonged to the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning - on a beach in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Researchers from the ...
Top fossil hunters and palaeontological experts are gathering for an annual fossil festival on the Dorset Coast. The Festival Lyme Regis Fossil celebrates the geological heritage of the Jurassic Coast ...
Google continues its roll to celebrate the women who have shaped our world, with today’s Google logo recognizing one of the world’s leading paleontologist Mary Anning. The animated illustration ...
On Saturday, March 5, the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook, will present "The Woman Who Changed Geology" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mary Anning, the first female ...
Director Sharon Sheehan began writing and researching the film in 2000 after a trip to Lyme Regis with her daughter. In the biopic, she plays Anning in her adult years, while her daughter, Katy ...