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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

Life

Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

If a Matabele ant loses a limb in a battle with termites, its nestmates will tend its injuries - a behaviour never before seen in any non-human animal

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Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

Life

Birds 'dream sing' by moving their vocal muscles in their sleep

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How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests

Life

How besieged ants decide when it’s time to abandon their nests

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

Life

After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

Life

Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

Life

Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

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Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

Life

Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals

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boy with blackboard covered in sums

Physics

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

Mathematics is like marmite, people tend to love it or hate it. Find out why it can make us nervous, why we struggle at it and whether animals can do it too

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Life

The man who reads dog minds and personalities in a brain scanner

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Life

Over-mothered puppies more likely to fail guide dog training

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Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero

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Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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