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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

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Mismatched ants show size doesn't matter to friends

These two ants seem to get along even though one is more than three times the size of the other. Turns out it's ants of the same stature that end up as rivals

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Heart to heart

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Plastic Age: How it's reshaping rocks, oceans and life

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Polar bear penis bone may be weakened by pollution

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Sperm whale's emergency evacuation... of its bowels

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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This baby coral will grow up to patch ailing reefs

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This baby coral will grow up to patch ailing reefs

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Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

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Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

We used to think evolution had to start with random mutations, now walking fish and bipedal rats are turning our ideas on their head

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How fudged embryo illustrations led to drawn-out lies

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Brain signature of emotion-linked pain is uncovered

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Lizard penises evolve super-fast

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Whaleworld: Looking for cetacean culture

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