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Dolphins playing with hoops

Life

Synchronised swimming seems to make dolphins more optimistic

Having a mate to swim with – and mirror their movements – appears to make zoo dolphins feel more positive about their prospects in life

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Boat on dried-up lake floor

Life

Massive lake drained for hydropower leaves dry bed and no fish

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Bear confronts wolf carrying prey

Life

Why grey wolves kill less prey when brown bears are around

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Arabian babbler bird

Life

Bird lookouts make alarm calls to save themselves, not the group

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Some of the turfwinkle snails in their natural habitat

Earth

Ocean acidification may be good for thriving marine snails

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The bucket-shaped leaves of carnivorous pitcher plants

Life

Carnivorous plants repurpose stress genes to digest their prey

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chemotherapy drugs on IV pole

Health

Drug stops nasty chemotherapy side effects in mice with cancer

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A vaquita caught in a net

Life

World’s most endangered marine mammal has 30 individuals left

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Rock ants

Life

Ant choosiness reveals they all have different personalities

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Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

Life

Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

These teensy crustaceans tear one anemone into two, splitting them into identical pairs that then grow as new, living pom-poms on their claws

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Life

We don't need a huge blue grab to save sharks and rays

Comment

Life

Chimps beat up, murder and then cannibalise their former tyrant

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Humans

Memories can be disconnected – and it could help those with PTSD

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Life

Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth

Features