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New hermit crab has candy-stick legs and a giant spoon-like claw

A previously unknown Caribbean crab has been seen – it’s just a few millimetres long, sports bright red and white stripes, and has a large scoop-like claw

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A meaning to life: How a sense of purpose can keep you healthy

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whale shark

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Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones

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Grey fox

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Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

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A harbour seal

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Seals hunt down hidden fish by sensing their breath in the sand

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An adult gorilla holding a young gorilla

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Majority of primate species may vanish in next 25 to 50 years

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Cellular recovery: How self-help could aid the damaged brain

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Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

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Pink bacterium with purple background

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Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

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Scimitar-horned oryx in Chad

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Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild

Scimitar-horned oryx were hunted to extinction in the 1990s, but are now returning to the wild, thanks to breeding in captivity and reintroduction efforts in Chad

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Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate

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First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild

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Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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