Accidental discoveries happen all the time in science, but the biggest reptile ever was accidentally discovered by an 11-year-old kid.

Mary Anning was born on 21 May 1799 ... One friend, Henry De la Beche, created a painting that featured her fossils. He produced copies that were sold to raise money for Mary.

Ms Pearson says women are under-represented in public art. Her Dorchester "Sheroes ... again' after the five-year-long campaign to get Mary Anning her statue in Lyme Regis, but I have one last ...

A seafront statue of palaeontologist Mary Anning has been unveiled in her hometown of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Anning's discoveries in the early 19th Century helped shape scientific understanding of ...

Famous fossil hunter Mary Anning found more than just extinct animals on Dorset's coastline. Fossil collector Mary Anning lived in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in the early 1800s. She is remembered for making ...

In this activity, your class will think like a palaeontologist and compare their own bodies to one of Mary Anning’s real fossil finds. This simple scientific activity is a good complement to learning ...