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Female robin

Life

Scientists finally realised female robins sing just as well as males

An analysis of the songs of male and female European robins adds to growing evidence that both sexes of songbirds are talented singers

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Toy car with flag on a pole in front of a herd of cows

Environment

A remote-controlled car with a flag on a pole can herd cattle

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Life reconstruction of Edmontosaurus

Life

Mummified dinosaur has bite marks and gashes in its skin

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Erect crested penguins

Life

Erect-crested penguins always reject their first egg and lay another

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A transplanted human organoid labeled with a fluorescent protein in a section of the rat brain. Credit: Stanford University.

Life

Human neurons transplanted into a rat's brain influence its behaviour

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Brown howler monkeys in open grassland

Life

Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up

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A captive monkey scooping up water with a leaf

Life

High-ranking monkeys are more prone to gain weight in captivity

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A sloth with a coconutty head

Life

Newly recognised species of sloth has a head like a coconut

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Lemurs hugging trees to cool down on the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwest Madagascar

Life

Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

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A cheetah in Kuno National Park

Life

Cheetahs are back in India but conservationists have doubts over plan

India plans to introduce up to 36 cheetahs in Kuno National Park, but conservationists warn the habitat isn't big enough to support a stable population

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Technology

Face recognition technology for pigs could improve welfare on farms

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Life

Ant-slayer spider catches prey with acrobatic leap to wrap it in silk

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Life

Does squishing invasive lanternflies really help stop their spread?

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Life

The best kind of camouflage is pretending to be an inanimate object

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