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Our attempts to kill cockroaches forced them to evolve new sex moves

Some male cockroaches have adapted their mating strategy to succeed with females that have developed a distaste for the sugar used in both poisonous baits and gifts from males

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City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

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How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

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The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study the origins of multicellularity

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How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

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Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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How poisonous amphibians evolve bright colours to warn predators off

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HHXJTH Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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The archaeologists recreating the secrets of prehistoric technology

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Stone flakes made by monkeys cast doubt on ancient human 'tools'

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Caption: New fossils of Protomelission from the Xiaoshiba biota, showing attachment of the alga to a brachiopod shell. Credit: Zhang Xiguang

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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed

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The giant lacewing found in Arkansas

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Giant insect thought extinct in eastern US found in a Walmart

A giant lacewing found clinging to the exterior of a supermarket is the first time in 50 years the species been spotted in the eastern half of the US

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Frozen Head review: Why do some people want to be frozen after death?

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Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago

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How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up

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Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal's

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