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animals

gecko

Life

Geckos sprint across water on air bubbles they make with their legs

House geckos are too big to float using surface tension, and too small to create enough force to walk across water, so they use a combination of these tricks

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blue-footed Amazon parrot

Life

Parrots are clever because their brains evolved the same way as ours

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adult spider

Life

Some spiders produce milk – and it’s more nutritious than cow’s milk

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A wallaby in Tasmania

Environment

Roadkill deaths halved on Australian road thanks to a fence of sound

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Bruce Whitelaw: Should we gene edit farm animals?

Video

Bruce Whitelaw: Should we gene edit farm animals?

Video

A rat and a robot rat

Technology

Rats can make friends with robot rats and will rescue them when stuck

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A chicken crosses the road

Technology

Smart mini-backpacks for chickens can monitor their welfare on farms

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ants

Life

Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

Video

Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

Video

A fossil of Dickensonia

Life

Earliest known animal might have inflated its body like a balloon

Dickinsonia lived about 560 million years ago and may have been the first animal – but it seems to have inflated its body in a way no animals do today

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Life

Sabre-toothed cats shared their food with injured pride members

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Life

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Features

Life

Don't miss: animal-centred film, mysterious extinctions and virus art

Culture

Environment

More than 60 prescription drugs are getting into river foodchains

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