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A moose

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What a meandering moose says about US wildlife protection efforts

To prevent extinctions and protect habitats, the US has started building wildlife corridors around major roads and cities. A moose spotting is the latest sign that these efforts seem to be paying off

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A pale gray and green parrot stands with its beak open, in the middle of a vocalisation

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Monk parakeets have unique ‘voices’ that may identify friends and foes

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Nautilus samoaensis

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Three nautilus species new to science have been found in the Pacific

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Sheep lying under solar panels

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Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep

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Traditional cooperative fishing between Lahille's bottlenose dolphins and artisanal net-casting fishers in Laguna, Brazil. CREDIT Photo by Mauricio Cantor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University.

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to survive

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Burying beetle

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Animals that care for young may have more mutations and evolve faster

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Black Bear (Ursus americanus) male, North America

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Reports of Bigfoot rise when at least 900 black bears are in the area

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Bear tree-rubbing

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Bears may self-medicate against ticks by rubbing against trees

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One large prairie vole stands against a smaller vole against a white background

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‘Love hormone' may not be crucial for social bonding after all

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Illustratoin of Ignacius dawsonae, a squirrel-like animal in a tree

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Early relatives of primates lived in the Arctic 52 million years ago

Analysis of fossilised teeth from Ellesmere Island, Canada, reveals that extinct relatives of monkeys and apes reached the Arctic during a period when the climate was hotter

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Fruit bats get swabbed to look for diseases that could jump to humans

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Dogs can tell when you want to give them a treat – even if you don’t

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Wolves are eating sea otters after depleting an Alaskan island’s deer

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Ghost knifefish make electric 'chirps' to spot where other fish are

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