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evolution

seadragon

Life

First ever video of an elusive new ruby seadragon filmed in wild

The rare and unusual spiny fish, recognised as a new species in 2015, was previously only known from four museum specimens

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Mouse

Life

Mice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

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Illustration of goose against wooded backdrop

Life

Extinct giant goose used its wings to fight rather than fly

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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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Glow-worm cave

Life

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

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Footprints clearly imprinted in ancient rock

Humans

Oldest early human footprints suggest males had several ‘wives’

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Red deer on Rum in Scotland

Life

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains

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Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Humans

Guilty or not guilty: Does inequality really lead to murder?

Culture

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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Mosquito fish

Life

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

Experiments that grew mosquito fish with longer sperm-delivery organs led to females with larger brains – possibly to better avoid male harassment

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Humans

Skull casket holding human bones reveals weird burial rituals

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Humans

Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?

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Life

Why baby flatfish grow into the wonkiest animals in the world

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Life

Weeping rock mystery down to microbe builders and barnacle chefs

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