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A snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) at night

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Snapping shrimps have helmets to ward off shock waves from their claws

Snapping shrimps seem immune to the shock waves their claws produce to kill or stun other animals – and it is all thanks to their head gear

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Rhinella unapensis was first identified on a campus of the National University of the Peruvian Amazon

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New-to-science toad species discovered on university campus in Peru

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kakapo parrot

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Rare kakapo parrot is genetically healthy despite being very inbred

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Crayfish

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Antidepressants leaking into waterways could make crayfish bolder

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Hainan gibbons

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Artificial rope bridges help stop rare primates jumping to extinction

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Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Captive. New Zealand

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Bats

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Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech

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Andean mouse that lives on the Llullaillaco volcano

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World’s highest mammal discovered at the top of a Mars-like volcano

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This is how jellyfish can sting you without even touching you

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This is how jellyfish can sting you without even touching you

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rodeo ant

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Rodeo ants that ride on backs of bigger ants discovered in Texas

Two new species of parasitic “rodeo” ant have been discovered in Texas. They ride the queens in other ant colonies to fool the workers into looking after them

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Gaming with gorillas: Designing puzzles to keep great apes happy

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Don't miss: a chance to play WiFI Wars and revisit the Apollo 8 days

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Natalie Cooper: The life and death of London's blue whale

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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