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Scary-looking lampreys may be commoner than thought in UK rivers

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Scary-looking lampreys may be commoner than thought in UK rivers

Metre-long lampreys, which have long been endangered in the UK, are starting to return to their former habitats thanks to innovative conservation

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Continental break-up set the stage for life in Earth's mantle

Continental break-up set the stage for life in Earth's mantle

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Hidden oasis of oxygen suggests life took first breath in lakes

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Hidden oasis of oxygen suggests life took first breath in lakes

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Komodo dragons caught in action during lightning-fast attack

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Komodo dragons caught in action during lightning-fast attack

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Octopuses seen throwing things may be using shells as weapons

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Octopuses seen throwing things may be using shells as weapons

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Watery time capsule hints at how life got started on early Earth

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Watery time capsule hints at how life got started on early Earth

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Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought

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Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought

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Shattered Stone-Age bones expose world's oldest mass torture

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Shattered Stone-Age bones expose world's oldest mass torture

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See this odd octopus mate beak-to-beak and hunt like no other

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See this odd octopus mate beak-to-beak and hunt like no other

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Mystery of Australia's five-legged animals cracked

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Mystery of Australia's five-legged animals cracked

The need to hop fast in open habitats seems to have driven the evolution of an odd habit in some of Australia's iconic marsupials, they use their tail as a fifth leg

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Newly discovered dwarf lemurs are totally unafraid of humans

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Bird flies 16,000-kilometre Pacific circuit for no clear reason

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New species of titi monkey discovered in remote Peruvian forest

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What if … Intelligence is a dead end?

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