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14 June 2023

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04 April 2018

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06 September 2017

Sheep hunted before domestication in the Middle East.

23 August 2017

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Nitrogen absorption avoided in sea-lion diving

Nitrogen absorption avoided in sea-lion diving

California sea lions instrumented with a partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) data logger and time depth recorder; © Birgitte McDonald The sea lion lives in colonies, often close to human...

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Meet Lesula, Congo's Colourful New Species of Monkey

Meet Lesula, Congo's Colourful New Species of Monkey

The light coloured, naked face of the lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis); Credit: © Terese B. Hart et al Since 2007, the "lesula" has been waiting to be confirmed as one of...

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Bold or shy, elk find shooting very selective

Bold or shy, elk find shooting very selective

Distant elk; Credit: © Simone Ciuti When bows and arrows or knives and spears were the latest bone, bronze or iron weapon, herd animals had strategies more suited to wolves...

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Cuckoo, cuckoo, new species of bee

Cuckoo, cuckoo, new species of bee

New species named after a Genoan who was the first to see the islands in 1456: Thyreus denolii from Boavista. 1 Male 2 Female. This is the most distinct new...

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The memory of squamates is better than you think

The memory of squamates is better than you think

Male Side-blotched Lizard Image; Credit: © Shutterstock When you guard your mate, navigate or hunt your food down, you use your memory of previous situations. Invertebrates and vertebrates both remember...

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Chimpanzees choose hand clasps by cultural preference

Chimpanzees choose hand clasps by cultural preference

Chimpanzee Image; Credit: © Shutterstock The communities of chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, that inhabit the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia are genetically similar and live in four neighbouring communities, in...

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Butterfly Mutations post-Fukushima

Butterfly Mutations post-Fukushima

A pale grass blue, shown in all its glory, far away from the Fukushima disaster area - Butterfly Image; Credit: © Shutterstock When Hiroshima and Nagasaki exploded, the research on...

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