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A long-forgotten fossil from 1952 has now been identified as belonging to a prehistoric sea monster

The skeleton belonged to a long-necked sea monster from the dinosaur era.

Top 10 of 2024: Helium, a medieval gauntlet, and the oldest animals on Earth

Here is the list of the most read articles on Science Norway during the last year.

Who pooped – 250 million years ago?

Researchers on Svalbard found thousands of poo-shaped lumps in the mountains. Were they really faeces? And if so, could they show us what the prehistoric animals had eaten?

How do you assemble a dinosaur?

“There’s no room for the tail,” says palaeontologist.

The Natural History Museum of Norway acquires two new dinosaurs

In December, it was announced that Norway would receive its first complete dinosaur skeleton. Now, the Natural History Museum reports that they have bought another dinosaur.

Unique find: The oldest fossil of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere

This vertebra was sent from New Zealand to Norway. It turned out to be quite special.

Do dinosaur bones turn to stone?

What is a fossilised bone actually made of? Palaeontologist Lene Liebe Delsett explains.

What did dinosaurs actually sound like?

ASK A RESEARCHER: Tyrannosaurus rex probably didn't roar like a lion. The sound it made might have been even scarier.

Norway will get its first real, complete dinosaur skeleton next year

The duck-billed dinosaur Zelda will be permanently displayed at the Natural History Museum in Oslo.

In the olden days, many believed that fossils came from dragons and giants

ASK A RESEARCHER: Who actually discovered the first fossil?

Chance discovery provided fantastic images of ancient lizard fossils

Researcher Victoria Engelschiøn was simply searching for bivalvia fossils in ancient rocks from Svalbard when something completely unexpected appeared in the images.

Here are 12 of the most exciting prehistoric animal discoveries

Palaeontologist Jørn Hurum takes us through the highlights of dinosaurs and other extinct animals over the past 20 years.

Norway's only dinosaur find was a complete accident

“And it’s a world record,” Norwegian paleontologist says.

No, oil does not come from dinosaurs

“This myth must be debunked,” says Norwegian geologist

Ancient skeletons are a bit like puzzles

It can take many years to put them together. And scientists can make mistakes putting the pieces together, too.

Discovered new species on Svalbard: Britney was an arctic plesiosaur with a tiny head and enormous eyes

Researchers have learned more about an ancient, nearly headless family of prehistoric animals.

Shelved fossil was a Svalbard jewel

The fossil was originally found on Spitzbergen, the largest island of Svalbard, in 1962. Fifty years later it was rediscovered amongst uncatalogued material in the storage shelves of the University of Oslo’s Natural History Museum.

Northern carnivorous dinosaur was a vegetarian

An overlooked clue preserved in 123 million-year-old sandstone deposits debunks the belief that meat-eating dinosaurs roamed the island archipelago of Svalbard