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Brown howler monkeys in open grassland

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Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up

Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water

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A captive monkey scooping up water with a leaf

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High-ranking monkeys are more prone to gain weight in captivity

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A sloth with a coconutty head

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Newly recognised species of sloth has a head like a coconut

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Lemurs hugging trees to cool down on the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwest Madagascar

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Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

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A cheetah in Kuno National Park

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Cheetahs are back in India but conservationists have doubts over plan

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A pig's face between the bars of a pen

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Face recognition technology for pigs could improve welfare on farms

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Ant-slayer spider attacking an ant

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Ant-slayer spider catches prey with acrobatic leap to wrap it in silk

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (11782595ah) Large banner at the Philadelphia Flower Show information desk informs visitors about the invasive spotted lanternfly, as the annual event draws thousands to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, PA, on March 1, 2019. The largest flower show in the world is held annually since 1929 and is produced by Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS). Woodstock's Flower Power At Philadelphia Flower Show, United States - 01 Mar 2019

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Does squishing invasive lanternflies really help stop their spread?

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Leaf mimic katydid camouflaged among dead leaves in the Ecuadorian Amazon; Shutterstock ID 29450224; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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The best kind of camouflage is pretending to be an inanimate object

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A sulphur crested cockatoo navigates a block on a bin lid

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Sydney residents in cultural evolution war with bin-raiding cockatoos

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are defying human efforts to keep them out of bins by copying each other’s tricks, but more effective strategies to thwart them are passed on between humans too

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Pine marten seen in London for the first time in more than 100 years

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Life

The sex of the researcher can influence results of mouse experiments

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Environment

Making Australia’s native animals poisonous could curb feral cats

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Life

Bears in your back yard – an excerpt from Mary Roach’s book ‘Fuzz’

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