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animals

A stream running through a grassland with a beaver dam across it

Earth

Beaver dams keeps streams cool and protect sensitive fish

We used to think that beaver dams warmed up stream waters as felling trees to build them reduces shade. Now it seems the opposite might be true

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Side-by-side comparison of an Egyptian vulture with and without the mud make-up

Life

Vultures smear their faces in red mud which they use as makeup

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Artist's impression of the large bird-like dinosaur

Life

Eggs four times bigger than ostriches’ reveal a giant dinosaur

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Australian night parrot

Life

Lazarus species: Five cool animals we wrongly believed extinct

Features

Rat on subway platform

Life

Menopause-causing bait is curbing rat populations in New York

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Africa's T. rex

Life

African T. rex was one of last dinosaurs alive before extinction

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bird of paradise

Life

We may have the evolution of beauty completely wrong

Culture

Moorland hawker dragonfly

Life

Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid male advances

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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silver fox

Life

The continuing mystery behind the cuteness of tame animals

A new book examines an epic study in behavioural genetics, but forgets to include the detail – or explain why so many domesticated creatures have curly tails

Culture

Life

Wild bears do the twist to communicate through smelly footprints

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Life

The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen

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Life

Drunken crayfish show that loneliness raises alcohol tolerance

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Life

Male robins can guess and satisfy their partner’s food cravings

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