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animal behaviour

The Oak Processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) caterpillars

Environment

Toxic oak moth threatens UK trees after failure to control its spread

The oak processionary moth, a native of southern Europe that damages oak trees, is invasive in the UK and is now spreading more rapidly there – despite efforts to control it

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border collie

Life

Gifted dogs can learn 12 words in a week and remember them for months

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Porcupine pufferfish (diodon hystrix) being cleaned by cleaner fish (labroides dimidiatus)

Life

Female cleaner fish can judge when to cheat without getting caught

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An elephant raising its trunk over its head as someone rides it

Life

57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics

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hyenas

Life

Hyenas make faces at each other when they want to play-fight

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

Video

Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

Video

cat playing with a blue canvas shoe

Life

Cats refuse to snuggle with objects that smell like their owners

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spiders trapped in amber

Life

Ancient spiders locked in amber died looking after their offspring

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Two rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis syriaca)

Humans

Piles of animal dung reveal the location of an ancient Arabian oasis

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A plains mouse on a rock

Environment

Male rodents with less time to breed grow bigger testes

Male rodents in species with shorter breeding seasons tend to have larger testes, probably because the time pressure increases sperm competition between males

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Environment

Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Life

Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates

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Life

Listen to an Australian duck say ‘you bloody fool’ like a human

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Life

Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

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