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animals

Grey fox

Life

Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

Gray foxes in the mountains of California rub in the scent of pumas, possibly to absorb their smell and confuse predators to give themselves a chance to run

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oxygen bubbles

Earth

Complex life may have had a false start 2.3 billion years ago

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A close-up of a group of ants and larvae

Life

Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate

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Water snail Reymondia horeii

Life

Fish lure snails to their nest to help camouflage their babies

Regulars

Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata)

Life

Bird-loving vampire bats develop taste for human blood

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Woman and pet dog

Life

This is why you can't help babbling to your dog like it's a baby

Comment

Macaque monkey on the back of a Sika deer

Life

Wild monkey filmed mounting deer and trying to have sex with it

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Mother holding young child on her left side

Life

Why mums and babies prefer to keep to one side of each other

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Two chimpanzees

Life

Oxytocin surge before a fight helps chimps bond with their group

A spike in the 鈥渃uddle hormone鈥 helps chimp comrades bond for war with rival groups, and something similar seems to happen in humans

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Life

There are five times more urban foxes in England than we thought

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Life

Cannibalistic deep-sea crabs groom each other like chimpanzees

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Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

Features

Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

Features

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