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penguins hunting for food

Life

Lobster krill fight off big penguins with their tiny pincers

Penguin-mounted cameras show that 7-centimetre-long crustaceans can sometimes fend off attacks from predators 10 times as large

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Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone - many animals grieve

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Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone - many animals grieve

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boy holding flamingo

Life

Meet Bob the tame flamingo who has become a local superstar

Regulars

Lemurs self-medicate by rubbing toxic millipedes over their bottoms

Environment

Lemurs self-medicate by rubbing toxic millipedes over their bottoms

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An Amazonian snake has two types of venom that kill different prey

An Amazonian snake has two types of venom that kill different prey

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Many chimps are active at night but we don’t know what they do

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Many chimps are active at night but we don’t know what they do

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flowers/bees

Life

Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis

Features

Climate change is forcing geese to give up pit stops when they migrate

Life

Climate change is forcing geese to give up pit stops when they migrate

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crocodile

Life

This crocodile emerging from the gloom sure seems happy to see you

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Honeybees gang up to roast invading hornets alive — at a terrible cost

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Honeybees gang up to roast invading hornets alive — at a terrible cost

The worker bees that form “hot defensive bee balls” are effectively kamikaze fighters, with the heat from the ball shortening their life expectancy

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Life

We now know why horses snort - because they're happy

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Humans

Prolific ‘M25 serial killer’ beheading cats is an old feline foe

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Life

The koala genome has been fully sequenced for the first time

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Life

Freak accident created a massive army of super-fertile clones

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