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Scientists finally found the clitoris on snakes – and there are two

Researchers found the first evidence of a two-part sexual organ called a hemiclitoris in all nine species of female snakes they examined

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A male katydid fossil from the Early Cretaceous period

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Fossils reveal the dinosaur era's changing insect soundscape

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Two rhinos grazing

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Endangered white rhinos' cells turned into sperm and egg stem cells

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honey badger eating beeswax

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A surprising number of African animals eat beeswax

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A nut wedged in the fork of a tree branch

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Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches

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Artist’s reconstruction of Janavis finalidens, a very large marine bird from the late Cretaceous

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Ancient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution

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Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) Credit: Jens Rydell

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Bats and death metal singers use the same throat structure to growl

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The Amami spiny rat

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A rat without a Y chromosome could be a glimpse of our genetic future

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Whatcheeria

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Ancient predator was one of first vertebrates to grow fast while young

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Young mice and mother

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Newborn female mice live longer if they smell older females' urine

The scent of older females causes young female mice to reach puberty later and extends their lifespan – the first known case of smell affecting lifespan in mammals, though males aren't affected

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Bustards may use plants to treat STIs during the breeding season

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Oldest army ant found in 35-million-year-old Baltic amber

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Gigantic turtle from the dinosaur era was almost 4 metres long

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Honeybees are living half as long as they were 50 years ago

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