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Urge to migrate found in bird genes

Life

Urge to migrate found in bird genes

Avian migration is a gruelling process that can involve changes in behaviour, diet and physiology – one of the genes involved has now been identified

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Return of the king butterfly

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Return of the king butterfly

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Satellites could keep an eye out for floods

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Fish brain gives birth to new cells in breeding season

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Clearing up space junk, one piece at a time

Space

Clearing up space junk, one piece at a time

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How memory power helps bird brains survive the winter

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Polluted perfume could put pollinators off the scent

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Polluted perfume could put pollinators off the scent

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Bees follow polarised light through a maze

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Vikings' crystal clear method of navigation

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Vikings' crystal clear method of navigation

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Did modern humans go global twice as early as thought?

Tools left by Homo sapiens in Arabia 120,000 years ago might mean we have to rethink when humans left Africa to colonise the world

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Tiny orang-utan populations are surprisingly diverse

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City fish take in antidepressants

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The selfish metaphor: Conceits of evolution

Opinion

Life

Lost islands of the crows revealed in DNA study

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