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Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now Lindsey Swierk at Binghamton University in New York has confirmed it.

Life

Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay underwater for longer

Some lizards dive into streams to escape predators, and a specialised bubble-breathing technique enables them to stay submerged for up to 18 minutes

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Life

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

Culture

Life

Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

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Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

Life

Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

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Life

Marmosets seem to call each other by name

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Mind

Is my frequent laughter damaging my credibility at work?

Regulars

Life

Leeches use their whole bodies to entomb and eat ultra-fast worms

News

Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype

Mind

Self-centred, spoiled and lonely? Examining the only child stereotype

Features

Life

Charles Darwin’s frogs turn mating upside down

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Life

Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

Hunting in packs seems like a complex social behaviour, but it isn't limited to large carnivores like wolves. A simple sea slug species teams up to swarm its venomous anemone prey as a group

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Life

Elephants seem to invent names for each other

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Life

Hungry deer may have driven tiny plant evolution on Japanese island

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Life

Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

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Life

Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other

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