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A researcher holds a force probe, which a large crab is grasping in its claw

Life

Coconut crab’s bone-crushing grip is 10 times stronger than ours

It’s the largest of all land arthropods and it has the strongest claw of any crustacean on Earth – strong enough to lift a child or break bones

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A close-up of the spider that looks like a leaf

Life

Masquerading spider looks like living and dead leaves at once

Regulars

A Greenland shark

Earth

World’s oldest vertebrate is a shark that may live for 500 years

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A Pheidole drogon minor worker

Earth

Spiky new ant species is named after Game of Thrones dragons

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Saola

Life

Meet the world’s cutest and most endangered animals

Features

A butterfly feeding on bamboo nectar

Life

Back-stabbing butterflies rob the ants that once protected them

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Jackals feeding at the local garbage dump on Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia

Life

Invasive trash-eating jackals save Europe €2 million a year

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See the best new species discovered over the past year

Life

See the best new species discovered over the past year

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A time-lapse photo showing a hoverfly larva making its way through the sticky leaves of a sundew plant

Life

Carnivorous plant conned out of a meal by cunning fly larvae

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Prairie dog with a ground squirrel in its mouth

Life

Cute prairie dogs are serial killers savaging ground squirrels

Cuddly looking prairie dogs are herbivores, but that doesn't stop them killing their ground squirrel neighbours to help them prosper

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Life

Bison return to forests across Europe as part of mass rewilding

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Life

Ghostly deep sea octopus filmed at record depth of 4290 metres

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Life

The secret of beetles that waterski so fast they vanish

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Life

Squid filmed using their ink clouds as smokescreen to catch prey

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