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How poetry can help us understand mass extinction events

Extinction is inevitable. Expected. Almost all (99%) species that have ever existed have died out. Those disappearances have largely occurred at consistent background rates. But in the context of mass extinctions, ecosystems are placed under immense pressure, at above-average speeds. Here, the language changes from the commonplace to the exceptional.

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Why are dogs colour-blind and why do cats have pouches? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK

Giant ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur species discovered in Australia

New study offers evidence of prehistoric animal movement between Australia and South America via Antarctica

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Study reveals one good thing from dinosaur extinction that let primates emerge

Study explains how seeds and fruits eventually became large food sources

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Rare Egyptian skull sheds light on ‘fearsome’ new 30-million-year-old leopard-sized predator

The species, known as Bastetodon and named for an Egyptian goddess, had sharp teeth and an incredibly powerful grip

The Independent UK

France Finds Smuggled Dinosaur Teeth In Parcels Bound For Italy

French customs officers seized nine dinosaur teeth last month from a courier truck transiting through the country from Spain on its way to Italy, they said on Friday.

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Plea to save dinosaur fish from extinction

Environmental advocates are calling for the United Nations to save an endangered dinosaur fish as a farming ban is under consideration.

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How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future

How might you make your mark on the world forever? Write a play more timeless than Shakespeare, or compose music to out-do Mozart, or score the winning goal in the next World Cup final, perhaps?

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With a new hit film, Netflix has reduced disabled lives to feelgood fodder – and got the facts shockingly wrong

This story about a child with cerebral palsy is badly misleading – and a slap in the face for families like ours, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition, and Ruth Spencer, a former editor at Guardian US

The Guardian - UK

Early Europeans celebrated victory in war by eating their enemies’ brains, cave fossils show

Demographic expansion after Last Glacial Maximum may have led to conflicts

The Independent UK

Scarlett Johansson reveals extent she went to star in new Jurassic World film

Actor has wanted to be a part of the franchise for 10 years

The Independent UK

Forget dinosaurs — the star of the Jurassic World Rebirth trailer is the mysterious new Star Wars and Alien-inspired mutant

Another mutant dino in the new JP movie

WhatToWatch

Jurassic World Rebirth trailer released: Scarlett Johansson leads thrilling dinosaur adventure

The seventh chapter of the action-packed franchise promises the usual roar-some excitement. Here’s a look at the stellar cast and UK release date

Evening Standard

Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago

Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet

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Jurassic World Rebirth actor teases a "link" with Sam Neill's Jurassic Park character – and fans think they've worked it out

"I’ve always wanted to make Dr. Alan Grant proud"

International Business Times

Rare Fossilized Vomit From The Age Of Dinosaurs Unearthed In Denmark

A piece of fossilized vomit has provided new insight into the food chain of the Cretaceous period.

The Independent UK

66 million-year-old fish vomit from time of the dinosaurs found in Denmark

Amateur fossil hunter Peter Bennicke made a “truly unusual find”, as the fossilised vomit now resides in the Museum of East Zealand

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‘Truly unique find’: part of Swindon Stegosaur returns to Wiltshire town

Vertebra spotted by fossil hunters on online marketplace is part of first stegosaur ever described by scientists

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The Independent UK

‘Truly unusual’ fossil discovery shows us what fish ate 66 million years ago

Bizarre fossil found on Denmark’s Cliffs of Stevns is expected to go on display in February

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Funding for dinosaur fossil digging falls, as French interest rises

France’s varied geology makes it fertile ground for dinosaur fossil hunters, but many finds have only been unearthed in the last 20 years, with French palaeontologists only recently becoming interested in dinosaurs – and now funding is becoming harder to secure.

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Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

Scientists said the young pterosaur would have had a wingspan of more than 6 feet

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We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

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Adult and baby Pachyrhinosaurus in first look at BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs

The award-winning series is returning more than a quarter of a century after first being broadcast.

The Independent UK

Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

Findings suggest dinosaurs were much more diverse in North Africa than previously thought

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