IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week

(SCIENCE-COFFEE/ (PIX), 640 words) Dinosaurs displayed a fast growth rate from the very beginning WASHINGTON - One of the traits that helped make the dinosaurs such an evolutionary success story - thriving for 165 million years - was their fast growth rate, from massive meat eaters like Tyrannosaurus to immense plant eaters like Argentinosaurus.

April 18 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world. Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect.

Eager volunteers help toads cross the road in Russia ST PETERSBURG, Russia - In a nature reserve on the outskirts of Russia's former imperial capital, volunteers are helping thousands of toads cross a sun-dappled road so the creatures can reach their spawning grounds. (RUSSIA-TOADS/ (TV), 328 words)

Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee WASHINGTON - Coffee undoubtedly is a big part of global culture, and the kind made from the Arabica bean is the most appreciated by coffee drinkers. Researchers now have unlocked the genome of the Arabica species and traced its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species an estimated 610,000 to 1 million years ago in the forests of Ethiopia. (SCIENCE-COFFEE/ (PIX), 640 words)

Dinosaurs displayed a fast growth rate from the very beginning WASHINGTON - One of the traits that helped make the dinosaurs such an evolutionary success story - thriving for 165 million years - was their fast growth rate, from massive meat eaters like Tyrannosaurus to immense plant eaters like Argentinosaurus. But when did this characteristic first appear? (SCIENCE-DINOSAURS/ (PIX), 701 words)

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England, belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. (SCIENCE-REPTILE/ (PIX, TV), 775 words)

Australia's Juukan Gorge yields up rare Tasmanian Devil tooth MELBOURNE - Archaeologists surveying the Juukan Gorge rock shelter in Western Australia that was destroyed by Rio Tinto in 2020 have unearthed major finds including the tooth of a Tasmanian Devil that has not been recorded on the mainland in 3,000 years. (AUSTRALIA-MINING/JUUKAN (PIX), 253 words)

Astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole WASHINGTON - Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that of our sun, the biggest one known in the Milky Way aside from the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our galaxy. (SPACE-EXPLORATION/BLACKHOLE (PIX), 677 words)

Statue to Tony Blair honours "Tonibler" cult in Kosovo FERIZAJ, Kosovo - As sculptor Agon Qosa put some of the finishing touches on a statue of Tony Blair, he thought about what the former British prime minister had done for Kosovo a quarter of a century ago. (KOSOVO-BLAIR/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), 371 words)

2024 US election vocab: Dobbs dads, lawfare, Fetterman Democrats WASHINGTON - Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking aimed at influencing them. (USA-ELECTION/VOCABULARY (PIX), 522 words)

Vintage Alfa Romeo cars go on sale at auction in France FONTAINEBLEAU, France - Eight vintage Alfa Romeo cars will go on sale at an auction near Paris on Sunday. (FRANCE-CARS/AUCTION-PREVIEW (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), 153 words)

'Rebel Moon' sequel offers more action, backstory of warriors LONDON - Filmmaker Zack Snyder says "Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver" shows his full vision for the franchise. (FILM-REBEL MOON/PART TWO-PREMIERE (TV), 397 words)

Ritchie's tale of ungentlemanly warfare aims to be fun LONDON - With his latest movie "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare," which is inspired by a real World War Two mission, director Guy Ritchie aims to shine a light on a historically significant event yet still make it fun. (FILM-THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE/INTERVIEWS (TV), 498 words)

EXPLANATORY CONTENT FACTBOX-What's in the US House's foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan?

EXPLAINER -The world's coral reefs are bleaching. What does that mean? (Compiled by Mark Porter)

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