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Wild beavers reduce flood risk and boost wildlife, study finds
Findings are culmination of five-year study of first licensed release of beavers into wild in England in more than 400 years
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What antlers can teach us about cancer and regrowing limbs
“Deer antlers [are] using essentially a controlled form of bone cancer growth,” says Edward Davis, an evolutionary paleobiologist
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First evidence found of tool use by seabirds
Three researchers from the University of Oxford and the South Iceland Nature Research Centre have found evidence of tool use by puffins—the first evidence of tool use by any seabird. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annette Fayet, Erpur Snær Hansen and Dora Biro describe their evidence of puffins using sticks to scratch a part of their body.
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Dog brains have a knack for numbers, much like ours
Study finds evidence of “the approximate number system” in canines
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Same-sex sexual behavior in animals: Do we have it all wrong?
For many years, researchers have made certain assumptions about same-sex sexual behaviors in animals — but what if their assumptions have been wrong?
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The Disturbing Sound of a Human Voice
Hearing people talk can terrify even top predators such as mountain lions, with consequences that ripple through entire ecosystems.
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Gorillas form lifetime bonds with distant relations just like humans, study finds
Scientists discover gorillas have regular interaction with extended family and ‘friends’ just like us
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Rare glimpse of mating whale sharks excites scientists
The liaison between two whale sharks is one of the few times mating has ever been seen.
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The Surprising Complexity of Animal Memories
Chimpanzees, birds, and even rats have shown signs of reviewing their own past to prepare for the future.
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Autism symptoms replicated in mice after faecal transplants
Study aims to discover whether gut microbes play a part in development of the condition
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What an Extinct Bird Re-Evolving Says About “Species”
You may have heard the news of what sounds like a resurrection story on the small island of Aldabra, off the coast of Madagascar. Around 136,000 years ago, the island was submerged in water and a layer of limestone captured the rails—a species of flightless bird—living there. The birds (and all other land species living on the island) went extinct. Recently, though, scientists reported that the bones of these fossilized rails are virtually indistinguishable from rails living on the island today. They are calling this an instance of iterative evolution—where the same species evolves multiple, distinct times.
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Moms of Other Species Pressure Their Kids Into Having Grandchildren, Too
“I just wondered ‘what is it of their business?’”
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How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction
Fossil remains offer rare evidence of a phenomenon known as ‘iterative evolution’
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What to know about canine brucellosis and how the bacteria spreads to dogs and humans
After state officials confirmed cases of the disease at a breeding facility in Marion County, here's what you should know about Brucella canis.
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New batlike dinosaur was early experiment in flight
A number of tiny, bat-winged dinosaurs flew the Jurassic skies, according to the strongest evidence yet for such creatures—a well-preserved fossil of a starling-size fluffball that may have looked a little like a flying squirrel. The find, recovered near a farming village in northeastern China, suggests dinosaurs were experimenting with several methods of flight during this period, but many were an evolutionary dead end.
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Sharks cope with levels of heavy metals in their blood that would kill other animals
Researchers studying Great White sharks have found lethal levels of mercury and arsenic
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The Predator That Makes Great White Sharks Flee in Fear
Better to run than to have your liver squeezed out.
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Tassie devils 'adapting to coexist with cancer'
There's fresh hope for the world's largest carnivorous marsupials whose numbers have been ravaged by disease.
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Do Octopuses Dream?
We know they're smart, but there's still a lot we don't know.
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Your Dog Feels as Guilty as She Looks
Animals are no less emotional than we are.
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