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Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) pair, Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, Japan

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Monkeys in Japan lost tooth enamel when their forest was destroyed

Macaques living on Yakushima Island in the 1980s experienced severe enamel hypoplasia, probably caused by extreme stress resulting from human activities

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Migrating bats use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate in the dark

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How to avoid deer fly bites, according to science

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P525 - Human femur, with a severe fracture united by new bone, prepared by John Hunter between 1760 and 1793

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See the Hunterian Museum's weird and wonderful anatomical curiosities

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Seagulls choose their meals based on what people nearby are eating

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Bat guano has been sculpting caves in Brazil for thousands of years

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380 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong Region EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01GMT May 22 Calotes goetzi The Cambodian blue-crested agma, an aggressive lizard that changes color as a defensive mechanism ? Henrik Bringsoe

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Hundreds of species new to science discovered in South-East Asia

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Bowhead whales may resist cancer thanks to superior DNA repair ability

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Urban red fox (Vulpes vulpes) wandering on top of brick wall spiked with broken glass on very early morning in residential gardens.; Shutterstock ID 1889796793; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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When did animals like foxes first start living alongside people?

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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

Equine sports are increasingly under fire from animal rights activists, but science should be the focus for those who demand changes to the likes of horseracing and Olympic events, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre

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Gibbons plan ahead to beat competitors to the best breakfast spots

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Seals in Mexico are losing fur and climate change may be to blame

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Young children value the lives of animals more than adults do

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Bigger butterflies may cope better with climate change

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