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biology

platypus swimming

Life

Five mythical animals that turned out to be real

Sometimes the tales travellers tell of strange creatures they have seen in a remote part of the world are true

Features

Meet the vampire ant from hell with huge jaws and a metal horn

Life

Meet the vampire ant from hell with huge jaws and a metal horn

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The greater mouse-eared bat has a habit of bumping into windows

Life

Bats crash into windows because of a glitch with their 'sonar'

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‘Highwaymen’ beetles rob ants of the food in their stomachs

Life

‘Highwaymen’ beetles rob ants of the food in their stomachs

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Ostriches on the savanna

Life

Why the ostrich is the only living animal with four kneecaps

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Lizard-bot spins its coiled tail to move easily through sand

Life

Lizard-bot spins its coiled tail to move easily through sand

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

Earth

'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

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mind artwork

Health

How menopause and Alzheimer’s change the brain in similar ways

Features

A group of macaques

Life

Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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trout

Life

Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots

Trout, dolphins and killer whales swim in remarkably similar ways – and a model of how they use little energy to do so may help design better aquatic robots

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Life

Meet the turtles surviving an invasion of enormous tractors

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Earth

Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

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Life

Banking a baby's cord blood may save their life. Is it worth it?

Insight

Life

I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

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