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Life

How squirrels use their tails to square up to deadly cobras

In the squirrel vs snake stakes, big bushy tails give Cape ground squirrels an edge when they face off Cape cobras armed with a venom that kills in just an hour

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Bees

Life

Older bees pass on immunity-boosting molecules to other bees in jelly

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Hippos are living silicon pumps

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Hippos poop a huge amount of silicon every day – and it’s a good thing

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bees

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We still don't know how some animals find their way on huge migrations

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Beluga whale with harness was trained by Russia, claim scientists

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Beluga whale with harness was trained by Russia, claim scientists

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turtle shells

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UK government directs £4.6 million to tackling illegal wildlife trade

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Ancient urine reveals early prehistory of domestic sheep and goats

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Puma in snow

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Magnificent pumas photographed in snowstorms and whilst catching prey

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David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

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David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

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chimp

Life

A chimp's hug shows it's time to accept that animals have feelings too

In Mama’s Last Hug, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that we can no longer deny that animals have feelings and we need to look closely at their inner lives

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Life

Most animals can’t keep a beat despite what Darwin believed

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Life

Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

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Life

Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus

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A crucial population of lions has lost much of its genetic diversity

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