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Moths around a light bulb

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We finally know why insects are attracted to lights

Artificial light doesn’t actually attract insects but instead interferes with the control systems they use to orientate their body when flying

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Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating

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Big animals move more slowly than small ones to avoid overheating

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Zebra finches pick singing coaches based on songs they hear as embryos

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Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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Ants independently evolved to farm fungus at least twice

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thermal night vision grab of starlings roosting A group of common starlings come in to roost after dark ? shown using thermal imaging cameras, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall Page 235, Wild Isles book

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Stunning photographs accompany Attenborough's Wild Isles show

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A whiptail lizard

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Lizards on a US Army base are stress eating due to helicopter noise

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Brown widow spiders are killing off black widows in the southern US

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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

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Orca seen foster parenting a pilot whale calf for first time

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Bumblebees can teach each other how to open a puzzle box

When researchers taught a bumblebee to push a lever for a reward, the knowledge spread through its colony, hinting that these insects have a kind of minimal culture

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Surprising new research on cats will make you see yours in a new light

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Females are not smaller than males in most mammal species

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How climate change is forcing animals that mate for life to break up

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to survive

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