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World’s largest frog builds its own ponds using heavy rocks
To build nests, goliath frogs move heavy rocks to create little ponds in the middle of streams, which may explain how these frogs have evolved to be so enormous
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Sharks use a special kind of protein to glow green in deep water
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Meet Kuimba, the French-born gorilla released into Gabon’s rainforest
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Snowglow can cause the night sky to be twice as bright as a full moon
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Staring down seagulls can stop them stealing your chips
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Turtle embryos may control their sex by moving inside their eggs
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Wasps are shrinking in size and it may be because of climate change
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There may be just 19 endangered vaquita porpoises left in the world
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Meet a 500-million-year old minibeast from the Cambrian explosion
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Light pollution’s effects on birds may help to spread West Nile virus
Birds are the main host of West Nile virus, and outbreaks among infected sparrows are 41 per cent more likely if the birds are exposed to light pollution
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We’re pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction
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Chimps bond with each other and people after watching a film together
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Elephants help forests store more carbon by destroying smaller plants
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Beavers engineer their ecosystems in a way that helps moose and otters
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