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Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards
An otherworldly coral, a very cute moth and an intricately beautiful mushroom are among the winners in the prize this year
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Bonobo’s pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination
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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
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Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
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Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem
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Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition
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A fascinating book reveals the ancient story of horses and humans
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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes
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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how
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Bubble feeding trick spreads through humpback whale social groups
Humpback whales off the west coast of Canada have learned a cooperative hunting technique from whales migrating into the area, and this cultural knowledge may help the population cope as food becomes scarce
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Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals
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How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century
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Why non-human culture should change how we see nature
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T. rex took 40 years to become fully grown
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