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cell biology

Fox eating from bin

Life

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

There may now be some 150,000 foxes living in English cities, up from 33,000 in the 1990s. That’s one fox for every 300 urban residents

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Ants use tools to collect honey

Life

Ants craft tiny sponges to dip into honey and carry it home

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Glow-worm cave

Life

Cave glow-worms vomit long sticky urine threads to catch prey

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Rob Deaville

Life

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

Features

caribou

Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

Features

Red deer on Rum in Scotland

Life

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains

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Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

Life

Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

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Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

Life

Fish rapidly adapt to pollution thousands of times lethal levels

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Cat watches white mouse emerge from hole in the wall

Life

Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety

Post-traumatic stress disorder and related disorders are difficult to beat, because our fears can resurface. Could a transplant of young brain cells help?

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Life

Longer ‘penis’ drives evolution of bigger brains in female fish

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Health

Super-you: The mutant powers you get from outsider genes

Features

Life

Super-you: Your body is a nation of trillions

Features

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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