Mary Anning has been part of paleontology’s history since its very beginning. Yet this inspiring character’s childhood remains largely unfamiliar to the public. A self-taught English fossil collector, ...

On Saturday, March 5, the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook, will present "The Woman Who Changed Geology" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mary Anning, the first female ...

Whenever we think about the origins of evolutionary biology, paleontology, and geology, we’re inevitably drawn to 19th century figures like Charles Darwin, Georges Cuvier – the founder of vertebrate ...

The Excavation of Mary Anning is, conceptually-speaking: a company of modern-day players coming together to tell a 19th century story. We are hoping to build an ensemble that reflects the diversity of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. When Victorian paleontologist Mary Anning walked along the limestone cliffs of ...

She unearthed fantastic prehistoric creatures that had been lost to the sands of time, and her achievements – overlooked and uncredited while she was alive – also almost remained buried. An unsung ...

Evie, 11, has been working hard to have a statue of Mary Anning erected in Lyme Regis. Mary Anning was a palaeontologist in the 19th Century. She hunted fossils and made lots of important discoveries ...