Scientists will be forced to rethink their theories on what colours dinosaurs were following a discovery made by an Irish university-led team.

UCC scientists have shown they may be head and shoulders above the competition, by discovering some 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff.

A piece of feathered dinosaur tail has been found trapped in amber and perfectly preserved for almost 100 million years.

A well-preserved historic crocodile skull has been declared a new species.

RESEARCHERS today announced proof that reptiles were the first vertebrates to conquer dry land with the discovery of 318-million-year-old footprints.