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Brachycephalus ferruginus, a miniaturized frog from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.

Life

Tiny pumpkin toadlet frogs are very clumsy jumpers and now we know why

Pumpkin toadlets are only 1 centimetre long – and the minuscule size of their balance organs might explain why they jump so haphazardly

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Life

When cats chew catnip it releases mosquito-repelling chemicals

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Fernanda, the only known living Fernandina giant tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus, or ?fantastic giant tortoise?), now lives at the Gal?pagos National Park's Giant Tortoise Breeding Center on Santa Cruz Island. Fernanda, named after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century. Princeton geneticist Stephen Gaughran successfully extracted DNA from a specimen collected from the same island more than a century ago and confirmed that Fernanda and the museum specimen are members of the same species and genetically distinct from all other Gal?pagos tortoises.

Life

Galapagos tortoise thought extinct for 100 years has been found alive

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HAJEXW Jackdaws Corvus monedula going to roost and gathering before dark in beech trees

Life

Flocks of jackdaws 'democratically' decide when to take flight at once

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Harvest mice (Micromys minutus)

Life

Female mice release banana-scented urine when pregnant to deter males

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Bottlenose dolphins

Life

Bottlenose dolphins can identify friends by tasting their urine

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A dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin

Life

Rubbing against coral seems to be a popular skin treatment in dolphins

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

Environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

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Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species

Life

Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species

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Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure

Life

Clever birds forced to find new homes as Cambridge lab faces closure

A seminal research lab that has revolutionised our understanding of the minds of rooks and jays is set to be closed down as funding dries up

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Life

A steroid might be why octopuses starve themselves after mating

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Life

Kenyan chameleons evolved brighter colours after moving to Hawaii

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Life

Dismissing Australian mammals as weird hurts efforts to conserve them

Comment

Life

Amazon river dolphin may actually be multiple species

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