Ant squatters help feed the trees they call home
While some ants help protect their home trees from hungry beasts, others do nothing of the sort – but they may offer a less obvious benefit to their hosts
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Lifespan predicted from flashes in worm cells
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Elephants and rhinos benefit from drone surveillance
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Environment
The world’s weirdest whale: Hunt for the sea unicorn
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Humans
Cure for love: Chemical cures for the lovesick
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Humans
Sculpted skate suits debut at Sochi
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Starfish ripper hunted in wake of marine deaths
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Life
Light my fire? Male fireflies flash together for sex
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Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language?
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Humans
‘There is no DNA test to prove you’re Native American’
DNA testing is changing how Native Americans think about tribal membership. Yet anthropologist Kim Tallbear warns that genetic tests are a blunt tool. She tells Linda Geddes why tribal identity is not just a matter of blood ties
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Life
Smaug the dragon or frog with an eye to die for?
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Life
The Borneo Hills diet: Pitcher plants’ strange prey
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Health
Stem cell breakthrough could reopen clone wars
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Health
Stem cell power unleashed after 30-minute dip in acid
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