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A large brown locust, Locusta migratoria, with a pattern on its body sits on branch among green vegetation in a summer garden. The migratory locust is the most widespread locust species

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Locusts produce an odour to try to put other locusts off eating them

The crop-devastating swarms that locusts form are driven in part by the insects' tricks to avoid being cannibalised – they move around and produce a pheromone to deter other locusts from eating them

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Portrait of family of a Chimpanzee bonobo ( Pan paniscus). Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa

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Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children

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Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

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Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

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Elephant seals take power naps in the ocean while slowly sinking

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Moths around a light bulb

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We finally know why insects are attracted to lights

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People in China are the least likely to report being left-handed

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Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating

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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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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

Fungus farming by ants has evolved independently in populations separated by the Atlantic Ocean – the latest example was observed in cocktail ants in Cameroon, which cultivate fungus to build their nests

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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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Zebrafish seem to be able to count when they are just four days old

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Brown widow spiders are killing off black widows in the southern US

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