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Elephant seals take power naps in the ocean while slowly sinking
Marine mammals use a variety of tricks to snooze at sea - elephant seals fall asleep and gradually drift to the depths
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We finally know why insects are attracted to lights
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Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating
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Zebra finches pick singing coaches based on songs they hear as embryos
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Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures
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Ants independently evolved to farm fungus at least twice
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Stunning photographs accompany Attenborough’s Wild Isles show
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Lizards on a US Army base are stress eating due to helicopter noise
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Brown widow spiders are killing off black widows in the southern US
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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time
The first documented case of cross-species parental behaviour among whales has led researchers to wonder whether a long-finned pilot whale calf was adopted or abducted by an orca
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Bumblebees can teach each other how to open a puzzle box
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Surprising new research on cats will make you see yours in a new light
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Females are not smaller than males in most mammal species
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How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up
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