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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.‌

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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

The Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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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 Conversation

‘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

The Guardian - US

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Hunter author set to release new illustrated encyclopaedia.

Newcastle Herald

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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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 ...

The Guardian - UK

Readers reply: What is the evolutionary purpose of blushing?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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Jurassic World Rebirth: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the dinosaur blockbuster

Jurassic World Rebirth is set to be the seventh movie in the Jurassic Park franchise, and we've got everything you need to know about it.

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Man Goes Viral Online After His Exploration Walk Turns Into A Massive Mammoth Tusk Discovery

A massive discovery was recently made in Madison County, Mississippi, when a man exploring nature came across a huge mammoth tusk that had remained mostly intact since the Ice Age. The post Man Goes Viral Online After His Exploration Walk Turns Into A Massive Mammoth Tusk Discovery first appeared on…

The Guardian - UK

Prehistoric humans may have stuck pikes in ground to kill mammoths, say experts

People of ancient Clovis culture could have impaled huge animals on pikes rather than throwing spears, finds study

The Independent UK

Amateur fossil hunter uncovers 7ft-long fully intact giant mammoth tusk near Mississippi stream

Tusk offers rare window into Columbian mammoths that once roamed modern-day Mississippi, scientists say

Space

Dinosaur-killing asteroid was a rare rock from beyond Jupiter, new study reveals

Scientists have uncovered the "genetic fingerprint" of the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub impactor, potentially revealing the fateful rock's origins in the outer reaches of our solar system.

International Business Times

Scientists Pinpoint Dino-killing Asteroid's Origin: Past Jupiter

An intense debate surrounding the cosmic rock that killed the dinosaurs has stirred scientists for decades, but a new study has revealed some important -- and far-out -- data about the impactor's origin story.

The Guardian - UK

Crater formed from Earth’s extinction event produced by carbon-rich ‘C-type’ asteroid, scientists suggest

Experts studying material from event 66m years ago find signs to show how Chicxulub impact crater was formed

Inverse

Scientists Finally Know Where the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Came From — At Least They Think

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter, a new study suggests.

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