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Bills and Island Songsters

Bills and Island Songsters

This mainland male song sparrow sings his heart out, but his island cousins have bigger bills; Song Sparrow Image; Credit: © Shutterstock The island effect has pre-occupied biological research for...

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Panda-monium!

Panda-monium!

Giant Panda image; Credit: © Shutterstock Animals' reaction to earthquakes has often been suggested as a useful guide to detection or a source for future sensory equipment. Snakes are the...

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How did we first walk?

How did we first walk?

The lungfish, Protopterus, and not the coelacanth is reckoned to be close to the tetrapod line among those few living fish that can claim a relationship; Protopterus image; Credit: ©...

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Evolving Doors

Evolving Doors

Wikimedia photograph, illustrating one of the many species for which this research is critically important for survival. It's a young cod or codling from Belgian waters; Credit: © Hans Hillewaert...

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Revelatory ape maturity in Sumatra and Borneo

Revelatory ape maturity in Sumatra and Borneo

The greatly enlarged morph of this flanged Pongo pygmaeus from Borneo shows excessive mass, long hair, and that characteristic facial flange and inflatable throat sac; Orangutan Image; Credit: © Shutterstock...

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Signals between species help survival

Signals between species help survival

The greenish warbler, Phylloscopus trochioides is one of two related birds that imitate the other's calls in order to form mobbing groups against predators - Warbler Image; Credit: © Shutterstock...

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Rare Hihi shows us style is down to diet!

Rare Hihi shows us style is down to diet!

This New Zealand species is unique, with no close relatives remaining extant. It only survives now in 5 colonies; Credit: © Eric Wilson Condition of males and females plays a...

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Jelly and Sea Tomatoes?

Jelly and Sea Tomatoes?

Crambione mastigophora stranded on Cable Beach, near Broome, W Australia. This large species is the sea tomato; Credit: © James Brown The way we treat jellyfish you would think they...

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Fiddling increases with age?

Fiddling increases with age?

The male fiddler crab uses his enlarged pincer to signal to females; Credit: © Tanya Detto The courtship effort of any male depends on his age, his display rate and...

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