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An adult gorilla holding a young gorilla

Life

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

The latest review of primate survival prospects shows that habitat loss from farming and human expansion is putting our closest evolutionary relatives at risk

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Life

Breath of life: Did animals evolve without oxygen?

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brain artwork

Health

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

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Pink bacterium with purple background

Life

Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

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Scimitar-horned oryx in Chad

Life

Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild

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oxygen bubbles

Earth

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

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A close-up of a group of ants and larvae

Life

Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate

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seadragon

Life

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

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Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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megalodon

Life

Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales

The 16-metre-long megalodon may have fed on small marine mammals, and when they went extinct, so did the sharks

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Life

Make your own meat with open-source cells – no animals necessary

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Life

This is why you can't help babbling to your dog like it's a baby

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Health

Attack of the household products: Hygiene’s hidden risks

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Health

Dishing the dirt: How clean does your home really need to be?

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