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São Tomé grosbeak

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World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

An odd-looking bird named the “new finch” is actually the planet’s biggest canary – and it lives with other largest and smallest species on an isolated island

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The new cavefish

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First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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A badger burying a cow

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Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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sawfish

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Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

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A breast cancer cell

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Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

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Dinosaur skeletons

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First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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guppies

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Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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A tardigrade, or water bear

Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

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zebras

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How did the zebra get its stripes?

Why zebras have stripes has long been a mystery. In his latest book, Tim Caro gives a compelling explanation that is more inspiring than any fiction by Kipling

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Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

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Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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