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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

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

Hunter author set to release new illustrated encyclopaedia.

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

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

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

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.