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12 August 2022

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Bird speciations made clear

featured Bird speciations made clear

Gooseberries could be on the menu later for what seems now to be 2 species of lesser whitethroat. They feed their nestlings on insects, mainly; lesser whitethroat image; Credit: ©...

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Uruguayan fish show how they evolve

Uruguayan fish show how they evolve

Far bigger than the genus we have here are the peacock bass, Cichla spp. They are closely related, big, fish-eaters, used as sport fish and pike-like, despite their familiar name!...

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Manakins are athletic tropical courters

Manakins are athletic tropical courters

The male manakin here uses a lot of energy in his athletic jump-snap display. He only performs briefly, however, which helps to conserve energy in lowland tropical forest habitat in...

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Chameleon aggressive display change

Chameleon aggressive display change

How could you resist the look in the face of the chameleon. Well, they certainly invest a lot in their facial colours and expressions! Yemen chameleon image; Credit: © Russell...

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Many earthquakes are made by humans!

Many earthquakes are made by humans!

Since ancient times, we have suffered from earthquakes and Etna here, but do we really have to make the earth’s plates move ourselves too? Catania is in the background of...

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Patter of peripatus feet

Patter of peripatus feet

Live images of selected species of Onychophora showing habitus and behaviour. (a) top right, Peripatoides aurorbis from Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand (Peripatopsidae). (b) bottom right,Peripatopsis moseleyi from Karkloof Nature...

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Murder by the cannibal neighbours

Murder by the cannibal neighbours

Maybe this is where our Grimm fairy tales come from? - Neanderthal image; Credit: © Shutterstock When your next door neighbours cause you stress, what do you do? The Neanderthal...

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Wolf and tiger fables resolved

Wolf and tiger fables resolved

, You heard the stories. Now keep away from me and my bruvver, you horrible human! Wolf image; Credit: © Shutterstock Now sit down carefully and I'll tell you a...

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Aping human ecologies

Aping human ecologies

This little guy is basically a hominin. Perhaps his name should be Homo troglydytes! He certainly could have lived in a cave and used tools, just like our direct hominin...

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The oceans are heating up fast

The oceans are heating up fast

Global warming image; Credit: © Shutterstock 10,000 years ago, tiny protists called Hyalinea balthica suffered a warming period, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Indonesia....

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