Sea dragons Before tectonic changes and heaving sea-levels, this was once ocean floor. The excitement was infectious. We were, after all, trying... more

The story of ancestral elephants and fossil finds of these pachyderms in India.

My train lumbered into Lucknow, a cultural whirlpool in North India, famous for its silken kebabs, exquisite embroidery and soulful... more

About 70 million years ago, a limbless reptile crunched into dinosaur eggs to slurp out its contents, which included a... more

The landscape was a geological crumb cake.  It was a tableland bristling with a garrison of boulders, rocks and pebbles.... more

Imagine being shipwrecked and solitary on an island. I know that sounds like a cliched introduction to a reality show.... more

Vishal Verma is a 48-year-old fossil-hunter and conservationist who lives in Manavar, a sleepy town in Central India, surrounded by... more

Scoop a spade through the soil beneath your feet and you could reveal eye-popping, fantastical proofs of creatures that existed... more