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World of life's jewelled beauty in new museum shrine

The latest additions to a London zoology museum would all fit in a wardrobe: vintage glass microscope slides that form a fascinating, dazzling tribute to life

Regulars

Zoologger: The toughest eggs in the world

Life

Zoologger: The toughest eggs in the world

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What ice-free summers will mean for Arctic life

Earth

What ice-free summers will mean for Arctic life

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Incredible shrunken animals: The smallest of them all

Life

Incredible shrunken animals: The smallest of them all

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Hardy polar bears have survived past global warming

Earth

Hardy polar bears have survived past global warming

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Why scarab beetles dance on a ball of dung

Life

Why scarab beetles dance on a ball of dung

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Zoologger: My brain's so big it spills into my legs

Life

Zoologger: My brain's so big it spills into my legs

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Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage

Life

Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage

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Zoologger: The monkey that really gets brotherly love

Life

Zoologger: The monkey that really gets brotherly love

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Meerkat-like tayras invest in fruit futures

Life

Meerkat-like tayras invest in fruit futures

The animals have been spotted stashing unripe fruit to eat later, bolstering suggestions that non-human animals can conceive of the future

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Life

Electric dolphins: cetaceans with a seventh sense

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Life

From god to gobbler: How the turkey got its breast

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Life

Zoologger: The heaviest animal in the air

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Life

Large brains bust baggage allowance for migratory bats

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