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animals

jerboa

Life

Long-eared jerboas have some of the most outsized ears on the planet

For their size, long-eared jerboas have some of the largest ears of any animal, clocking in at around 1.3 times the length of their head

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(Coenobita compressus) walking in sand. San Cristobal island, Galapagos.

Life

Long penises help hermit crabs avoid being robbed during sex

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hagfish

Life

How hagfish can make enough slime to clog a shark's jaws in seconds

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dolphins jumping

Environment

Dolphins unintentionally poisoning offspring with banned chemicals

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Some bones

Environment

Millions of years ago a massive whale-eating whale roamed the seas

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Heavy or light?

Life

Crows can guess the weight of an object by watching it sway in wind

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mimic poison frog

Life

Core set of genes explain why some animals stick to one mate at a time

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rabbits

Life

Rabbits that don't eat their own faeces are small and weak

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Ant carries a leaf

Life

Leafcutter ants have their own landfill sites that emit greenhouse gas

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marine iguana

Life

Lost 'Darwinia' islands could be origin of species in the Galapagos

Millions of years before the Galapagos existed, another island chain may have shaped the evolution of the unusual wildlife that later inspired Charles Darwin

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Life

Cannibalistic African clawed frog eats tadpoles of its relatives

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Crayfish experience something like anxiety when they shed their armour

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Scuba-diving lizard can stay underwater for at least 16 minutes

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How the right Christmas lunch can help save Earth from climate change

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