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Ecosystems over time

 How ecosystems function, both on land, in freshwater, and in marine environments, is influenced by the way their living and non-living components interact. Using fossil evidence from the deep past informs on changes in climate and on other physical variables that have triggered biotic events (extinctions, recoveries, radiations...).

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Dinosaur Gallery

Meet the famous Bernissart Iguanodons, Ben the Plateosaurus, Stan the T. rex, Diplodocus, Maiasaura, Olorotitan, and many more...

Palaeontology Collections

The only way to reconstruct ecosystems of times long gone is through fossils, the fossilized remains of the fauna and flora of the time. Our palaeontological collections are incredibly rich and diverse, and with the Bernissart Iguanodons, have world stars in their ranks.

02/08/2023

Newly described ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever

Perucetus colossus, an ancient whale that swam off the coast of present-day Peru 39 million years ago, rivals the blue whale as the heaviest animal ever.

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