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Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to avoid being eaten
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from one of nature鈥檚 most potent venoms
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Gripping account of how plants and animals shaped each other
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Permafrost mummies are unlocking the secrets of prehistory
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Black squirrels may be evolving due to roadkill in cities
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Big animals have higher cancer risk 鈥� but also evolved better defences
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Dogs seem to have a strong preference for yellow things
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The bold plan to bring back Tasmanian devils across mainland Australia
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Mice seen giving ‘first aid’ to unconscious companions
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Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey
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Surprising fossils suggest early animals survived outside of water
A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air 鈥� a find that could rewrite the story of when life first left the oceans
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Giant megalodon sharks may have sparred with their jaws
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How a moth uses an optical illusion to disguise itself as a leaf
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Quail-sized feathered dinosaur may be the earliest known bird
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Humpback whale songs have patterns that resemble human language
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