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Squirrel with apple

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Nuts for apples: Squirrels behaving oddly

Why would a squirrel place apples in hanging baskets around a garden? Some thoughts from readers and the editor of Almost the Last Word

Regulars

Brazilian toads that eat scorpions can survive the venom of 10 stings

Life

Brazilian toads that eat scorpions can survive the venom of 10 stings

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Meet Carlo, an ancient reptile who had part of his face bitten off

Life

Meet Carlo, an ancient reptile who had part of his face bitten off

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World's only known pink manta ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef

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World's only known pink manta ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef

Regulars

Freeze-dried jellyfish could help us grow new human skin

Health

Freeze-dried jellyfish could help us grow new human skin

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Glowing frog

Life

It turns out loads of frogs and salamanders are fluorescent

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Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

Life

Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

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Animal that doesn't need oxygen to survive discovered

Life

Animal that doesn't need oxygen to survive discovered

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Giant panda

Environment

Keep raising money to save the pandas - it helps other animals too

Analysis

Spraying ants

Life

Some ants disinfect food by drinking the acid they spray at enemies

A number of ant species produce acid in a poison gland in their abdomen to spray at enemies, and now it seems they also drink it to kill pathogens in their food

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Life

Why climate change is creating more female sea turtles and crocodiles

Features

Health

Coronavirus: Why infections from animals are such a deadly problem

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Life

A lazy cave salamander didn't move from the same spot for 7 years

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Environment

Wild horses in the US are being shot with contraceptive darts

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