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24,000-year-old organisms found frozen in Siberia can still reproduce
A microscopic worm-like creature, labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years without having sex, has now been shown to persist for at least 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost and then reproduce, researchers have found.
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Critically-endangered Madagascan tortoises hatch at Chester Zoo
Two critically-endangered tortoises the size of golf balls have hatched at Chester Zoo. The infants, born to mum Smoothsides, 50, and dad Burt, who is 75, are the first of their kind to be bred at the zoo for seven years. The radiated tortoises are being cared for in a climate-controlled breeding facility. They will eventually grow up to half a metre long and could live to be 100.
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Chester Zoo successfully breeds rare Catalan newt
Twelve Montseny newts – one of world’s rarest amphibians - hatched as part of joint breeding project with Catalan authorities
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