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Javan warty pig

Earth

UK's wildlife gets far more attention than tropical hotspots

A northern bias in research means red squirrels and wild boars are well-studied, while some of the world's most biodiverse regions are poorly understood

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A male red-cockaded woodpecker revealing his red cockade

Earth

Woodpeckers carry wood-eating fungi that may help them dig holes

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Why Obama's Supreme Court nomination is good for the climate

Earth

Why Obama's Supreme Court nomination is good for the climate

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Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

Life

Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction

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moose

Life

A beguiling natural history of North America's great forests

CultureLab

Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

Life

Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans

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Chimp holding big stone at foot of tree

Life

What do chimp ‘temples’ tell us about the evolution of religion?

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New York

Earth

Nature's fair share? Behind the call to hand back half of Earth

Comment

raccoon dog in Sweden

Life

Animal invaders on Europe's kill list are set to be wiped out

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Three long-finned pilot whales underwater. They look mid-size, for a whale, and have stubby noses. Their fins do look quite long, and curvy

Life

Whale algorithm could unlock secrets of their many dialects

Could we speak whale one day? A whale song algorithm can pick up their different dialects and could help work out how they communicate with one another

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Life

Longest-ever period of coral bleaching to extend well into 2017

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Earth

Invasive species blamed as second biggest cause of extinctions

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Life

Five wild animals that won't do it in cages

Features

Life

Playing Cupid to get reluctant corals in the mood for love

Features

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