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Environment

Marine protected areas aren't helping fish populations recover

Protected zones are meant to let adult fish populations recover from overfishing, but an analysis of 111 sites in the Caribbean finds that this is not happening in most cases

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Life

Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based 'mirror test'

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Life

Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?

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Life

Horses used in therapy often avoid people if they are given a choice

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A female Japanese tit fluttering its wings

Life

Birds make an 'after you' gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest

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Tiny deer from the dry valleys of Peru recognised as new species

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Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects

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Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies

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Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flower

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A new species of fluffy longhorn beetle found in Queensland, Australia

Life

Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world's hairiest

The exceptionally long white hairs on the newly named longhorn beetle Excastra albopilosa may deceive predators into thinking it is covered in fungus

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Blue tits shared a tree hollow with bird-eating bats – and survived

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Californian orcas used specialised tactics for hunting whale calves

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Chimp mothers play with their youngsters even when times are tough

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Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive starvation

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