Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died out about 66 million years ago. Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ...

Based on the fossil record, ammonites came in a wide range of sizes and shapes, from smaller than an inch to as large as nine feet wide. Some ammonites had long, straight shells, while others had ...

A story about a self-taught palaeontologist called Mary Anning has been transformed to the big screen as Ammonite, a depiction of a 19th-century love affair. Francis Lee, who wrote and directed ...

Ammonites are a group of extinct shelled cephalopods related to today's squids and octopuses. Most ammonites died out 66 million years ago, at the same time as dinosaurs. Fossilised ammonite shells ...

These days the Barbary macaque’s range has dwindled to pockets of forest in Morocco and Algeria, with a semiwild population in Gibraltar. Unfortunately macaques still tempt visitors ...

Originally issued between 1887 and 1907, this monograph by Sydney Savory Buckman (1860–1929) remains the most comprehensive record of British Aalenian to Lower Bajocian ammonites. Reissued here in two ...

Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirmed a case of monkeypox (mpox) in the southern city of Marrakech on Thursday, as reported by the official MAP news agency. This is the ...

Following the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East, some people may be concerned about the safety of travelling to Morocco or other areas in North Africa. Here’s everything you need ...

RABAT, Morocco, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Floods from torrential rains killed at least 18 people in the southern Morocco provinces of Tata, Tiznit, Errachidia, Tinghir and Taroudant, authorities said in ...

RABAT, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Floods from torrential rains killed at least 11 people in the provinces of Tata, Tiznit and Errachidia in south Morocco, authorities said in a preliminary death toll on ...

Watch highlights as Morocco win bronze in the men's football at Paris 2024 with a dominant 6-0 victory over Egypt. Spain reach the final of the men's Olympic football competition with a 2-1 ...

Torrential downpours hit North Africa's normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed more than a dozen people in Morocco and Algeria and destroyed homes and ...