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Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs' demise

Two fossil claws found on Seymour Island reveal that phorusrhacids, or terror birds, lived in Antarctica 50 million years ago and were probably the apex predator

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Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts with sugary slime

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Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts with sugary slime

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Worm-like amphibian produces a kind of milk for its hatchlings

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Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass die-offs

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Hunger-inducing mutation makes some Labradors more likely to get fat

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Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

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Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

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Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

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Storks refine their migration routes as they learn from experience

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Orca seen hunting great white shark in first recorded solo kill

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A simple trick can make a dog treat a stranger as their friend

If an unfamiliar person spends 15 minutes following a dog, it tends to follow them back in a possible sign of friendship

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Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

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Jackals may urinate on their favourite fruit to deter thieves

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Bizarre fish can extend its mouth to make a kind of trunk

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How one of the smallest fish makes a sound as loud as a firecracker

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