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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why

Fossil forensics and artificial intelligence have shed light on how multiple groups of large mammals died by a lake in what is now Spain 9 million years ago

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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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sailfin tetra

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Some male fish let rivals woo females and then hijack their courtship

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Essential oils help to stop invasive beetles from eating palm trees

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Essential oils help to stop invasive beetles from eating palm trees

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Cockatoos opening bins

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Cockatoos are figuring out how to open bins by copying each other

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grizzly bears

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Male and female mammals kill their own species for different reasons

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Dogs will ignore you if they know you are lying, unlike young children

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Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?

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Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?

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What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?

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What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?

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vampire bat

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Female vampire bats groom each other and share their food

Female vampire bats tend to hang out in groups – but unlike many group-living primates or birds, the colony members groom and share food equally

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Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico hunt in shifts to avoid each other

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Environment

Meerkats in zoos don’t put as much effort into social niceties

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Technology

AIs don't understand simple physics like a ball rolling down a hill

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Life

Can we use nudge theory to help endangered animals save themselves?

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