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Bear tree-rubbing

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Bears may self-medicate against ticks by rubbing against trees

Brown bears often scratch their backs on trees, leaving behind chemical signals to other bears. Now, it seems the act also helps protect them from ticks

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One large prairie vole stands against a smaller vole against a white background

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‘Love hormone' may not be crucial for social bonding after all

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Illustratoin of Ignacius dawsonae, a squirrel-like animal in a tree

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Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago

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A fruit bat is swabbed to test for viruses

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Fruit bats get swabbed to look for diseases that could jump to humans

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Dogs can tell when you want to give them a treat – even if you don’t

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A wolf looking for prey on Pleasant Island, Alaska

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Wolves are eating sea otters after depleting an Alaskan island’s deer

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A brown ghost knifefish

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Ghost knifefish make electric 'chirps' to spot where other fish are

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Fossil dinosaur egg

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Treasure trove of fossil eggs hints titanosaurs nested in colonies

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Two people, little girl playing with toy blocks, her mother is sitting next to her at home.

Mind

Children aged 5 are better at switching their attention than chimps

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Trilobite

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Trilobites used trident-like horns to fight over mates like stags

Three-pronged weapons on the heads of Walliserops fossils suggest that animals first duelled in sexual combat at least 400 million years ago

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Environment

Protected areas in Britain fail to stop loss of insects and spiders

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Life

Lizards that survived wildfires are more alert to the sound of flames

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Life

Sloths have double the grip strength of humans and other primates

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Life

Urban lizards have gene mutations that help them adapt to city life

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