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Gene clues may explain why Brandt's bat lives so long

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Gene clues may explain why Brandt's bat lives so long

In 2005, a bat at least 40 years old was captured in Siberia. Its genes may help explain why the species can live about 10 times longer than it should

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Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

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Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Hummingbird performs the fastest ever shimmy

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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Dinosaur dads may not have looked after the kids

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Climate change brings disease threat for polar bears

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Climate change brings disease threat for polar bears

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Synthetic spider venom makes a kinder, safer antidote

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Synthetic spider venom makes a kinder, safer antidote

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Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing

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Zoologger: The moth with the highest-pitched hearing

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Bristly tongue helps bats grab nectar

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Bristly tongue helps bats grab nectar

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Zoologger: The hibernating lemur that feeds on its tail

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Zoologger: The hibernating lemur that feeds on its tail

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Zoologger: The rat with two faces

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Zoologger: The rat with two faces

The African ice rat is both friend and foe to its companions – cooperative when underground in a burrow, but nasty once they go outside

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Life

Making art from stripped-down dead animals

Regulars

Life

Zoologger: Picture-winged fly quenches thirst on sperm

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Life

Dress like a bear to catch a bear

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Earth

Hammerhead sharks are winners of wildlife trade meeting

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