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• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  Date: 11 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly...

• University of Leicester research receives international recognition

  Date: 21 Feb 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/21-palaeobiology-professor-gabbott-secret-history-evolution

  Palaeobiology expert to appear on French TV programme.

• University of Leicester announces winners of Images of Research competition

  Date: 20 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/20-winners-images-research-competition

  Four prizes were awarded at this year’s exhibition and competition A moment of reflection and calm belying a dark truth, a juxtaposition of hope...

• Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene

  Date: 12 Dec 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene

  Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining...

• Japan's earliest 'couple' identified

  Date: 9 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/09-japan-fossils

  Scientists have discovered fossils of tiny male and female crustaceans over 400 million years old in Japan An international team of scientists has...

• Tiny, ancient fossil shows evidence of the breath of life

  Date: 7 Nov 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-fossil

  A beautifully preserved fossil crustacean, 430 million years old, displays its respiratory organs in exquisite detail

• A ‘roar-some’ milestone: University of Leicester’s T. rex turns ten

  Date: 25 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-university-of-leicesters-t-rex-turns-ten

  The formidable replica of one of history’s most fearsome predators was unveiled ten years ago on 29 October

• Leicester scientist receives prestigious award for forest biomass research using space satellites

  Date: 6 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-scientist-receives-prestigious-award-for-forest-biomass-research-using-space-satellites

  Dr Pedro Rodriguez-Veiga has received the Student Award (PhD) from the Council of The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Dr Pedro...

• Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene

  Date: 4 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene

  The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.

• Leicester's out of this world research to be showcased at New Scientist Live

  Date: 23 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicesters-out-the-world-research-to-be-showcased-at-new-scientist-live

  Leicester’s pioneering research explores the future of planet Earth and space science.