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Life

Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe

Already a serious invasive species in the US and Australia, red imported fire ant nests have now been found in Sicily, Italy, and they could spread to other parts of Europe

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Health

Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

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E9NWFC Dehorned white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) with calf, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Life

Huge rewilding project will release 2000 white rhinos across Africa

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Life

Gannets prefer to roll either right or left when they dive

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Life

Our ultra-mobile arm joints may have evolved for climbing down trees

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Different animals experience the world differently

Life

Weird ways that animals experience the world differently to us

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Killing of rare Italian bear raises fears for future of its subspecies

Life

Killing of rare Italian bear raises fears for future of its subspecies

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Environment

Sled dogs are making Svalbard greener with their poo

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Life

Emperor penguin colonies lost all their chicks due to ice breakup

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2JHH3RR Drosophila Melanogaster male fruit fly on a green leaf

Life

Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play

Fruit flies with access to a spinning carousel seem to ride on it for fun in a rare case of play-like behaviour in an invertebrate

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Life

Are there really big cats roaming the UK countryside?

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Sick blackbirds go to bed earlier just like us

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Life

Elephants are stressed out by close encounters with tourists

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Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at night

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