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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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