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Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive

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Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive

In one species of spider, unmated females not only care for other spiders’ offspring, they allow the tiny spiderlings to devour their insides

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A fish

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There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad

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Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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platypus swimming

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Five mythical animals that turned out to be real

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Meet the vampire ant from hell with huge jaws and a metal horn

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Meet the vampire ant from hell with huge jaws and a metal horn

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The greater mouse-eared bat has a habit of bumping into windows

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Bats crash into windows because of a glitch with their 'sonar'

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‘Highwaymen’ beetles rob ants of the food in their stomachs

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‘Highwaymen’ beetles rob ants of the food in their stomachs

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Ostriches on the savanna

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Why the ostrich is the only living animal with four kneecaps

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Lizard-bot spins its coiled tail to move easily through sand

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Lizard-bot spins its coiled tail to move easily through sand

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

Strong currents in the Red Sea are sweeping huge masses of larvae-rich sea water from one reef to the next

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How menopause and Alzheimer’s change the brain in similar ways

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Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots

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Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

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