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Newly discovered whale species could have been heaviest animal ever

Fossils found in Peru from extinct species show it may have had body mass of 85-340 tonnes – heavier than blue whales

The Guardian - UK

39 million-year-old extinct whale ‘may be heaviest animal that ever lived’

Researchers analysed the remains of a partial skeleton that was uncovered 13 years ago in the Ica desert on the southern coast of Peru.

The Independent UK

James Cameron supports deep-sea mining. Scientists say it’s a huge risk. Who’s right?

Better the seafloor than the rainforest, proponents argue, but marine experts beg to differ as authorities meet to decide the future of deep-sea mining

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‘This feels exactly the right place to be’: Sir Patrick Vallance on pandemics, eco-anxiety and leading the Natural History Museum

The UK’s former chief scientific adviser, a familiar face during Covid, talks about his new role as chair of the London museum and putting its collection at the heart of our climate response

The Guardian - UK

Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

The Guardian - UK

‘Such a beautiful creature’: Chris Packham, Dan Snow and more on their favourite museum exhibit

Five UK museums are up for a £120,000 prize. So what’s the best item in each of them? From a sleeping beauty to an extinct bird, famous fans pick their most treasured object

The Guardian - UK

Blade-like spikes covered newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in the UK

The armored ankylosaur is more closely related to dinosaurs found in China than its UK relatives, hinting at a previously unknown migration for the group.

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Trio of female skateboarders take on first-ever skate at Natural History Museum

Red Bull transformed the Natural History Museum into a skatepark where female athletes took to the ramps to show the sport is ‘for everyone’.

The Independent UK

New Armored Dinosaur Species Unearthed On UK’s ‘Dinosaur Island’

Vectipelta barretti sheds light on ankylosaur diversity and suggests free movement between Asia and Europe

Zenger

New dinosaur species discovered on Isle of Wight

Vectipelta barretti is named after the Natural History Museum’s Professor Paul Barrett

Evening Standard

More than 5,000 new species found in 'pristine' deep-sea wilderness. But they could soon be wiped out.

A new study cataloged all the species uncovered by research expeditions in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, which has become a potential hotspot for deep-sea mining.

LiveScience

Shortlist announced for Art Fund Museum Of The Year

The winning museum will be announced at a ceremony held in the British Museum in London on July 12.

The Independent UK

Scapa Flow Museum showing Orkney island’s wartime role up for top prize

UK museum of the year award has shortlist of five showing ‘astonishing ambition and boundless creativity’

The Guardian - UK

Shocked schoolgirl, 12, finds huge tooth from biggest shark to ever live

Schoolgirl Cydney Root, 12, found a tooth which once belonged to a fearsome megaladon, the largest shark to ever live in the world's oceans which could fit two humans in its mouth

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Mammals with pouches are 'more evolved' than humans — sort of

Kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are even weirder than we give them credit for.

Evening Standard

Young people discuss ‘planetary emergency’ as youth Iftar held at Natural History Museum for first time

Young Londoners shared in the breaking of the Ramadan fast at an interfaith Iftar held for the first time at the Natural History Museum on Monday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - How we can change the world, one iftar at a time

The breaking of the Ramadan fast, the iftar meal, has become more than just an accepted part of our country’s calendar, it is celebrated as part of our British identity. But for many Muslims organising these events, they are starting to question how their positive actions of bringing communities together…

The Guardian - UK

Discovered in the deep: the squid that sees both ways at once

Living in the twilight zone, cockeye squid float between two worlds and have adapted to keep an eye on both

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OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Lift-off for Esa’s Juice mission to Jupiter

Plus! AI helps ID British therizinosaur by dental records, Tech & Science Daily speak to the Natural History Museum’s Simon Wills

The Guardian - UK

Two Just Stop Oil activists arrested at Dippy the Diplodocus exhibit in Coventry

‘Two large bags of dry paint’ seized from campaigners, who jumped over barrier around famous dinosaur cast

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Ancient crystal-filled rock has been hiding dinosaur secret for 140 years

Paleontologists have confirmed that a rock enclosing a perfectly round agate crystal is actually a titanosaur egg, which was probably smothered by lava after a volcanic eruption 67 million years ago.

The Guardian - UK

Robin Cocks obituary

Other lives: Head of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum and authority on fossil brachiopods

Daily Mirror

Enormous dinosaur skeleton larger than 'Dippy' is unveiled at Natural History Museum

It had been thought 15-ton Dippy was the world’s largest prehistoric beast, but at 57 tons, Patagotitan mayorum is much heavier and measures 121ft from head to tail, longer than 85ft Dippy

Evening Standard

Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur at the Natural History Museum review - totally rooaarsome

How big? Awe is the aim of this exhibition’s game, and it delivers

Evening Standard

Natural History Museum launches new project for Earth Day

The ‘Nature Overheard’ project is set to investigate the link between noise pollution and insect populations

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