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animals

Tree frog

Life

Some frogs have evolved eyes that are far too big for their bodies

Certain frogs have some of the biggest eyes of all vertebrates, relative to their body size, which is a significant evolutionary investment that has puzzled zoologists

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Bat

Life

Young bats accept reality of climate change before older generations

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Ig Nobel prize winners

Life

The weird and wacky science that won Ig Nobel prizes this year

Regulars

The horn-like knobs on a giraffe's head can be a deadly lightning rod

Life

The horn-like knobs on a giraffe's head can be a deadly lightning rod

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Goat

Life

Cloned testicles let goats father the offspring of another male

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The amusing skulduggery-filled tale of how beavers returned to Britain

Life

The amusing skulduggery-filled tale of how beavers returned to Britain

Culture

sea anemones

Life

Sea anemones grow more tentacles when they have plenty of food to eat

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Walking catfish may use their whole body to smell when on land

Life

Walking catfish may use their whole body to smell when on land

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Sea turtles carrying thermometers could improve hurricane forecasts

Environment

Sea turtles carrying thermometers could improve hurricane forecasts

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Social distancing in a park

Health

Are pets at risk of getting covid-19 and can they spread it to people?

Cats and dogs are able to catch the coronavirus and could potentially spread it to people, meaning we should really extend social distancing rules to pets

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Life

Bizarre fossil with an incredibly long neck was a marine hunter

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Life

Seal lice can survive the pressure found 4000 metres under the sea

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Life

Night lights cause severe loss of sleep for pigeons and magpies

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Life

Hungry foxes have been raiding our bins for thousands of years

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