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Anger in Italy as famous prehistoric rock defaced with anti-tourism slogan

‘Tourists go home’ was penned next to fossilised dinosaur footprints in the Dolomites

The Independent UK

Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs

The asteroid created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive

The Independent UK

Asteroid that eradicated dinosaurs not a one-off, say scientists

Scans of underwater crater in West Africa suggest another large asteroid smashed into the planet around the same time

The Guardian - UK

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Archaeologists perplexed to find prehistoric Spanish grave with twice as many women as men

Prehistoric community likely had female-centred social structure, study says

The Independent UK

Taking a step back in time: school holiday fun launches at Newcastle museum

'It's great we don't have to travel to Sydney to do this.'

Newcastle Herald

South African Rock Art Depicts Extinct Creature Inspired By Fossils‌ ‌

The Horned Serpent panel artwork hints at ancient dicynodonts, suggesting Indigenous knowledge of paleontology.‌ ‌

Zenger

Volcano Were Blamed for the Greatest of Earth’s ‘Big Five’ Mass Extinctions — Scientists Might Have Been Wrong

A new study reveals that an El Niño weather pattern in the world’s major ocean added to climate chaos and led to extinctions spreading across the globe.

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Skeleton warriors and plasticine chickens: why stop-motion animation is still going strong a century on

Dinosaurs, children’s adventures, horror fantasies … stop-motion cinema has done them all. Now it’s being celebrated as a pivotal part of movie history

The Guardian - UK

Escaped capybara Cinnamon recaptured after nearly a week on the run, soon to be reunited with family

Zoo says giant rodent Cinnamon’s mum and dad will be pleased to see her again after she is hauled from pond; she will have a short break before resuming her duties

The Independent UK

Escaped capybara finally captured after almost a week on the run

A video shared by the zoo on social media showed fugitive rodent Cinnamon being hauled from a pond in a metal cage

Evening Standard

‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them

Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest

The Guardian - US

UK Zoo On High Alert As World’s Largest Rodent Escapes: Public Warned Against Approaching Capybara‌ ‌

Cinnamon, the capybara, breaks free from Hoo Zoo, prompting mass search efforts to locate the timid creature.‌

Zenger

Mystery creature in South African rock art could be long-extinct species, study finds

Tusked animal depicted in rock art doesn’t match any modern species

The Independent UK

Expert who coined presenteeism term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs

Academic who coined the word presenteesim says ‘micromanagers’ will not attract talent and may harm productivity

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The Independent UK

Where is Cinnamon the capybara? The possible locations of escaped Hoo Zoo rodent

Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World is launching a major search for Cinnamon after receiving new information after a public appeal

The Independent UK

Hoo Zoo release video of Cinnamon the capybara two days after escape from enclosure

Zoo’s appeal urges members of public not to try and capture the ‘beloved’ animal themselves

The Conversation

Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control – new study

Around 252 million years ago, the world suddenly heated up. Over a geologically brief period of tens of thousands of years, 90% of species were wiped out. Even insects, which are rarely touched by such events, suffered catastrophic losses. The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, as it’s known, was the greatest of…

The Guardian - US

‘Entire ecosystem’ of fossils 8.7m years old found under Los Angeles high school

Researchers find two sites with fossils including saber-toothed salmon and megalodon, the huge prehistoric shark

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Natural History Museum plans revamp to become climate ‘catalyst for change’

Four galleries to be overhauled and two more spaces to reopen, including Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition

Newcastle Herald

The way of the dodo and Tassie tiger: Sami Bayly's extinct animals

Hunter author set to release new illustrated encyclopaedia.

The Guardian - UK

Experience: we discovered a rare T rex fossil

My hands were shaking. It was the first time a person had touched it and the first time it had been seen in 66 million years

The Independent UK

Scientists discover new species of titanosaur that dates back to 75 million years ago

Sauropod ‘Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra’ was nearly 50 feet long and weighed more than 10 tons

The Independent UK

New plant-eating dinosaur species discovered in Japan named after gnomes

Ancestor of triceratops likely marched from Asia to North America via prehistoric land bridge, scientists say

Space

A huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede

A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

The National (Scotland)

Fossil around 385 million-years-old found in Scottish city centre pavement slab

A FOSSIL which predates the age of the dinosaurs by 140 million years has been discovered embedded in a paving slab on a city street in Inverness ...

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