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The hummingbird and the nectar collector

featured The hummingbird and the nectar collector

This female bird displays the characteristic flying position of these fabled fliers. Here we try and find out how the long tongue probes and loads its nectar - Hummingbird Image;...

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Chimpanzee cooperatives

Chimpanzee cooperatives

Chimpanzee Image; Credit: © Shutterstock Small groups of chimpanzee can take collective action. But two scenarios here divided their reactions into differing types, related to personalities and the "quality" of...

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A case of getting the Humpback's choreography worked out

A case of getting the Humpback's choreography worked out

David Ashley's epic pic of a humpback breaching seems to mirror the great singing ,dancing and energetic implied by this study from researchers at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources,...

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Smallest city coyote territory found

Smallest city coyote territory found

Coyote Image; Credit: © Shutterstock Scientists have discovered the smallest known city coyote territory near O'Hare International Airport at Chicago, USA. Coyotes have set up a small colony of around...

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World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day Image; Credit: © Shutterstock It was in 1986 that the United Nations first celebrated World Habitat Day. The host city was Nairobi and the chosen theme for...

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Spying on the Manx shearwater at sea

Spying on the Manx shearwater at sea

The Manx shearwater; Credit: © Ben Dean The Manx shearwater (misleadingly named (Puffinus puffinus) is a rare sight in Europe partly because of its nocturnal habits. Competition over millions of...

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Echolocation: Call your partner or find your dinner

Echolocation: Call your partner or find your dinner

The day roost of a group of the greater sac-winged bat; Credit: © Mirjam KnÅ‘rnschild The echolocation of both whales and bats is contrived to help them communicate with each...

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Largest quake of its kind ever recorded

Largest quake of its kind ever recorded

This map of the Indian Ocean region shows boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates in the area, and the epicenters (red stars) of two great earthquakes that happened April 11, 2012;...

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Vampires of the Deep

Vampires of the Deep

Credit: © Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Above: These unique cephalopods are neither octopus nor squid. They are named because of their dark colours with bioluminescent displays...

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