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The 'Cambrian explosion' saw the emergence of many animals we recognise today

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Burst of animal evolution altered chemical make-up of Earth's mantle

The Cambrian explosion 500 million years ago saw a huge variety of animals evolve – and also led to carbon being buried in the seabed and ultimately carried into the planet’s mantle

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Three giant oak trees in natural forest among juvenile hornbeam, Bialowieza Forest, Poland, Europe

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Virus outbreak in wild boars led to more oak trees in Polish forest

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View of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), a large natural history museum containing the skeleton of the Tyrannosaur

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Tyrannosaurus rex may actually be three separate species

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This photo shows an adult female elephant seal returning from her 7-month foraging migration to breed on the beach at A?o Nuevo Reserve.

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Elephant seals seem to have precise mental maps for navigating home

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E8KPEP This Aedes aegypti female was from strain of mosquitoes named LVP-IB12, an acronym representing fact that these mosquitoes were

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Mosquitoes learn to avoid pesticides after just one non-lethal dose

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Some humpback whales travel 6000 kilometres in search of a mate

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Some humpback whales travel 6000 kilometres in search of a mate

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Three kookaburras sitting on steel post with rainbow in the background

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1 in 3 birds tested at an Australian animal hospital have chlamydia

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Cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci adults male female

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Whiteflies have acquired dozens of genes from plants they eat

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C5E974 Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

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A tiny change to an inner ear bone led bats to evolve into two groups

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A worker bee is attacking a newly emerged queen

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Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens

About one-fifth of all Melipona beecheii stingless bee larvae develop as queens, but the colony accepts only one – the rest are executed by worker guards

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Technology

AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage

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Hybrid animal in 4500-year-old tomb is earliest known bred by humans

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Environment

Animal decline is hurting plants' ability to adapt to climate change

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Swimming in a school may help fish hear dolphins’ ultrasound clicks

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