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Elephant wearing an electric shock collar

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Shock collars could keep elephants out of conflict with humans

Elephants fitted with electric shock collars quickly learn to avoid approaching the place where they get shocked, suggesting a way to keep elephants away from crops that may be more humane than alternative approaches

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A peregrine falcon in flight with St Paul's Cathedral in the background

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Lockdown forced London's peregrine falcons to eat more parakeets

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Two elephants embracing with their trunks through the bars of an enclosure

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Elephants may remember the smell of a relative's dung for 12 years

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Naked mole rat

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Naked mole rats reveal biological secrets of lifelong fertility

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Tiktaalik, an early fish that crawled on land

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Spine of early crawling fish was becoming more like a land animal's

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Loggerhead turtle

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Turtles stranded on UK beaches after storms send them off course

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crustacean larvae

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Prawn larvae conceal their eyes with reflectors to hide from predators

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A beekeeper tends to a honeybee hive

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Rise in urban beekeeping may be crowding out native bee species

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South American Sea Lions

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Researchers ‘cannot rule out’ bird flu spreading between sea lions

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rock bunting

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Avalanches create habitats for a wider range of birds in the Alps

Massive flows of snow down mountain slopes can clear out dense forest and make way for shrubs and smaller trees, allowing a more diverse range of bird species to live in the affected area

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Bandicoots can be trained to flee predators more quickly

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Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought

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Dogs that eat raw food rather than kibble have better gut health

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Orca mothers forgo future offspring to care for their full-grown sons

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