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What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us
A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn鈥檛 necessarily superior
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Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies
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Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans
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The animals revealing why human culture isn’t as special as we thought
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Monkeys use crafty techniques to get junk food from tourists
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Cave spiders use their webs in a way that hasn’t been seen before
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Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
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Why do giraffes have spots? Not for the reason you might think
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Foie gras made without force-feeding thanks to molecular mimicry
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Environment
How a surprising twist on rewilding could help settle our carbon debt
We鈥檝e pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large animals like wolves, bison and whales may already be tackling the problem
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Two-fingered dinosaur used its enormous claws to eat leaves
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Budgie brains have a map of vocal sounds just like humans
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What the extraordinary medical know-how of wild animals can teach us
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Fossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked like
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