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Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype

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Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype

More and more parents are choosing to only have one child. Here’s what the evidence says about how growing up without siblings affects their personality traits and well-being

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Life

Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down

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Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

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Life

Elephants seem to invent names for each other

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H7XEPK Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) viewed from inside hollow stump, Yakushima Island, Japan

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Hungry deer may have driven tiny plant evolution on Japanese island

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Life

Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

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Argentine ants (Linepithema humile)

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Ants learn faster on caffeine

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Life

Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other

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Life

Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals

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Life

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based 'mirror test'

Garter snakes may recognise their own scent and react differently when it is altered, hinting at self-awareness in reptiles

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Birds make an 'after you' gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest

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Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects

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Life

The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse

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Society

How manners can be a weapon to divide and disempower

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