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blue-capped cordon-bleu bird

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Tap-dancing songbirds drum with their feet to attract mates

The superfast tap dance of the blue-capped cordon-bleu is thought to play a role in courtship. Now it seems it’s not just for looks – noise is also important

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A Hawaiian crow using a stick as a tool

Life

Hawaiian crows can use sticks as tools but are nearly extinct

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More than half of UK species in decline – some may soon vanish

Earth

More than half of UK species in decline – some may soon vanish

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World's first 'nanofish' could be used as guided drug missiles

Technology

World's first 'nanofish' could be used as guided drug missiles

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White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

Life

White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

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Animal sound symphony tells us new things about our world

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Animal sound symphony tells us new things about our world

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panda

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Giant panda off endangered list as China’s conservation pays off

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A Gonatus squid eating another squid

Life

Deep-sea squid cannibals battle it out in a fight to the death

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Genius crow's tool-bending behaviour may be natural to its kind

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Genius crow's tool-bending behaviour may be natural to its kind

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Wasp sitting atop spider silk

Life

Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive

One type of parasitic wasp lays its eggs inside spiders' nests, then felts the silk of the nests to make a secure home for the larvae

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Life

Giant honeybees may act like a collective lung to beat the heat

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Life

America's last mammoths died of thirst on an Alaskan island

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Earth

Spiky new ant species is named after Game of Thrones dragons

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Life

Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

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