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A sulphur crested cockatoo navigates a block on a bin lid

Life

Sydney residents in cultural evolution war with bin-raiding cockatoos

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are defying human efforts to keep them out of bins by copying each other’s tricks, but more effective strategies to thwart them are passed on between humans too

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Pine marten in the dark

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Pine marten seen in London for the first time in more than 100 years

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The sex of the researcher can influence results of mouse experiments

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Wild feral cat on the banks of Cooper Creek, South Australia

Environment

Making Australia’s native animals poisonous could curb feral cats

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Compost and garbage are known in the parlance of human-bear conflict as ?attractants.?

Life

Bears in your back yard – an excerpt from Mary Roach’s book ‘Fuzz’

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A blue jellyfish drifts in a dark ocean. Four more jellyfish swim in the background.

Life

Immortal jellyfish genes identified that may explain their long lives

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A large, black Newfoundland dog with drool dripping from its half open mouth

Life

Mucus has evolved at least 15 times in mammals

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jurgen Christine Sohns/Imagebroker/Shutterstock (4401886a) European Polecat (Mustela putorius), adult, alert, Surrey, England, United Kingdom VARIOUS

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UK polecats numbers are rising as they interbreed with ferrets

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

Culture

Liparis gibbus (white light) A juvenile Liparis gibbus imaged under white light ? J. Sparks, D. Gruber

Life

Glowing Arctic snailfish is packed with antifreeze proteins

Greenland’s variegated snailfish produces antifreeze proteins that stop large ice crystal formation, keeping the animal’s blood like a slushie, instead of frozen solid

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Tropical birds build nests from fungi that may keep parasites at bay

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Saiga antelopes have increased 10-fold after mass die-off in 2015

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Monkeys in Bali use stones as sex toys to fill their leisure time

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Life

T. rex’s unusual eye sockets helped it evolve a powerful bite

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