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EU Legislation Takes Aim at Nature Conservation in the Face of the Climate Crisis

14 June 2023

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Sheep hunted before domestication in the Middle East.

23 August 2017

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The petal of the buttercup

The petal of the buttercup

buttercup via Shutterstock Put a buttercup flower under your chin and it will shine. Everyone knows this - at least, everyone who has tested it - and children have gone...

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Eye fossil proves ancient sea predator had strong vision

Eye fossil proves ancient sea predator had strong vision

The metre-long super predator Anomalocaris; Credit: John Paterson, University of New England A prehistoric sea predator had better vision than most of its modern descendants, scientists have discovered. Fossilised eyes...

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Guppies, mating and the social group

Guppies, mating and the social group

Guppy via Shutterstock In case you have ever doubted it, girl guppies are really smart - and now we have scientific proof. A recent study from the universities of Exeter...

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Earthquakes and 'wise toads' predicting them

Earthquakes and 'wise toads' predicting them

Common toad via Shutterstock Rachel Grant of the Open University and several other researchers have attempted to solve an age-old problem. The multiple effect of O- ions on rock, air...

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Chimp throwbacks

Chimp throwbacks

Chimpanzee via Shutterstock Human evolution seems to have begun with tools, language and hunting. Now it seems the silver medallist in these events is catching us up. Chimpanzees have long...

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Osteoderms storing minerals helped huge dinosaurs survive

Osteoderms storing minerals helped huge dinosaurs survive

Dicraeosaurus dinosaur via Shutterstock Huge dinosaurs stored vital minerals in bones under their skin (osteoderms) to help them survive, a study has found. These 'skin bones' helped some of the...

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Colobus chorus

Colobus chorus

Black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus guereza) via Shutterstock In an intriguing and difficult investigation by Anne Schel and Klaus Zuberbuhler, communication in animals reports a dawn chorus from insect, amphibian and...

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