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Cocoa pods

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Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate – but in the process we have made them vulnerable

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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mouse-opossum

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Ravenous rainforest resident plucks midnight snack from thin air

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holly wreath

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The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

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Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

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Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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Hot springs, Yellowstone National Park

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Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

Over 3 billion years ago, the sun was faint so our planet should have been a snowball. But it wasn’t – and microorganisms may have been what kept it warm

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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