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Central Asian ecology

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This is the large falcon, the saker, who represents flying perfection, unfortunately in the Arabian peninsula. This is a terrible threat for the wild populations of the mountains of central...

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Bouncing bird is the toughest on earth

Bouncing bird is the toughest on earth

This is sadly not the rarely-photographed ground tit, but the paper used ground jays like this to determine relationships within the confused tit/crow/jay background of the Tibetan "bouncing ball" -...

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A Tale of Thresher Sharks

A Tale of Thresher Sharks

The thresher shark has always been thought to use that magnificent rear end to bash a few prey. Now we have video evidence; Thresher shark image; Credit: © Shutterstock When...

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Glaucus has a twin!

Glaucus has a twin!

Sea Slug Image; Credit: © Shutterstock The beauty of the nudibranchs is fairly well known and Glaucus is no slouch in the fashionista stakes. The blue dragon and the sea...

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Whales don't eat gulls, so why?

Whales don't eat gulls, so why?

Here in South Africa, the mother and calf of Eubalena are safe. Across the ocean in Patagonia, they are endangered by of all things, a bird! Whales image; Credit: ©...

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Wild Horses from America

Wild Horses from America

When the horse evolved, some of the species, now extinct may have been as cute as this little fella. Perhaps even the tail would evolve self-cleaning. Horse image; Credit: ©...

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Barbary 'apes' out in the cold

Barbary 'apes' out in the cold

The "ape" that thought it was a monkey is only found in small populations in North Africa and one corner of Europe. Here it looks as though its survival in...

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The Rise of the Continents

The Rise of the Continents

The Tanzanian Serengeti with its water and its savannah, provides for these tremendous herds of wildebeest. You often see elephant travelling with them as the ungulate migrations reach water; Wildebeest...

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Yeti crabs colonised the deep sea

Yeti crabs colonised the deep sea

Hoff' Yeti crabs around vents on the East Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean photographed by the ROV ISIS; Credit: CHESSO consortium Yeti crabs of the genus Kiwa are one...

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Turtles turn to gelatinous prey

Turtles turn to gelatinous prey

This adult loggerhead explores a Florida wreck, where it is expected to feed mainly on sea-urchin, conch and molluscan prey; image; Credit: © Shutterstock Foraging in mid-water (between the deep...

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