Nature

Endemism - how does it work?

This Anolis carolinensis is one of the many lizards described in the study, because its ancestors managed to re-colonise the mainland from the Caribbean - Carolina anole image; Credit: ©...

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Dolphin innovation and culture uses their social abilities

Juvenile female learnt this sponging from her mother!; Credit: © Ewa Krzyszczyk Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) hunt with sponges by extracting prey organisms on the sea bed. Human cultural behaviour...

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Liu Pu captures black snub-nosed monkeys on camera

Black snub-nosed monkey; Credit: © Liu Pu Despite what appears to be a little acrimony over names, the Chinese and Myanmar governments need to get their monkeys in order. Some...

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Monitoring lizard dispersal and evolution

The varanid lizards, such as the very large water monitor, Varanus salvator speciated in Asia, Africa and Australia, in this case, about 17 million years ago - Monitor Lizard; Credit:...

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A sea change in North Sea ecosystems

These chicks in Heligoland (Germany) have been raised on a diet of small crabs fished by their parents from the North Sea - Lesser black-backed gull chick; Credit: © Shutterstock...

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