Earth
Earliest known animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob
The weird 鈥楨diacaran鈥� fossils have stumped scientists for decades - now fatty molecules found inside some of them confirm they are the most ancient animals we know
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Life
Dance flies attract males with their hairy legs and inflatable sacs
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Peaceful basking sharks can leap just as powerfully as great whites
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Technology
Watch this bat-inspired robot use sound to navigate and spot plants
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Mind
We鈥檙e not unique 鈥� lots of species can recognise themselves
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Environment
Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
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Life
Butcherbird uses vicious whiplash technique to kill its prey
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Naked mole rats may become good parents by eating their queen鈥檚 faeces
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Colourful clownfish carry an unusual health warning for predators
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The largest of Madagascar’s endemic lemurs needs a helping hand
Most of the 107 lemur species are at risk and the child-sized indri is no exception, being a victim of hunting and habitat loss to slash-and-burn agriculture
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Lobster krill fight off big penguins with their tiny pincers
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Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone – many animals grieve
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Meet Bob the tame flamingo who has become a local superstar
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Lemurs self-medicate by rubbing toxic millipedes over their bottoms
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