Madeleine Finlay
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Science Weekly · The ultra rich are collecting fossils, and that’s bad for science · 18 Aug 2026
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And what does it mean for the scientists wanting to study them?
Today we explore the boom in fossil collecting.
From The Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley and this is Science Weekly.
Nicola Davis, your science correspondent, and you recently broke a big story about the sale of one of the UK's most important collections of Jurassic fossils to a museum in Abu Dhabi.
So tell me a bit about this collection.
It sounds absolutely incredible.
So tell me what happened?
How did it end up leaving the UK?
And so when your exclusive came out, what was the reaction?
One of the things that I found very surprising about this story was that although these two museums were kind of given first refusal to purchase this collection,
The fact that, you know, a private fossil hunter can go out and collect things and that that then can be sold and sold on.
And is it always the case that it's kind of finders keepers or maybe f finders sellers?
That's a really interesting question.
Now, Nicola, this story is so much bigger than just this one sale of this collection.
Dinosaur fossils in particular have become really popular with celebrities and millionaires.
What's going on there?
It's not exactly
So when you have this kind of money coming in, what does it mean for the fossil market in general?
And what does it mean for the interest in fossil hunting?
I mean, I'd love to know more about your trip to the Jurassic coast.
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