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Anemones are first known animals to follow the sun like plants do

Snakelocks anemones are the first known “heliotropic” animals – their tentacles point towards the sun, tracking its movements like plants do

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Adult patiria starfish

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Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both

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FRANCE - CIRCA 2002: Eve, 1896, by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1865-1896), pastel and gouache, 49x46 cm. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images); . (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Eve review: Why women's bodies belong at the heart of human evolution

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Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

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Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago

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Sea life in the Ordovician period

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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Carolina Sphinx Moth (Manduca sexta)

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Wing-flapping robot helps explain the evolution of insect flight

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Illustration of a Trilobite Gut Fossil.

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Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

A trilobite with gut contents still preserved is the first of its kind ever to be found, and shows the woodlouse-like animal had a voracious appetite

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Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms

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Armour-plated mollusc fluoresces brilliant red-pink

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Fish adapted to the deep sea 80 million years earlier than we thought

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Mysterious ancient stones were deliberately made into spheres

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