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Male spider mites rip off females’ skin to be first to mate with them

Due to fierce competition for mates, male spider mites guard juvenile females and forcibly remove their skin as they near adulthood so they can secure the first mating

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Giving jaguars 'food poisoning' may stop them from killing livestock

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Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to people, not climate

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Cooks petrel

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Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

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Free range pigs digging food in the dirt

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How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?

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Handout picture supplied by Makoto M. Itoh. A Pelophylax nigromaculatus frog photographed for his study study Female pond frog vocalisation deters sexual coercion by males. mac_itoh@yahoo.co.jp

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Female frogs may croak to deter males from mating with them

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One third of all vertebrate species are exploited by humans

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Young squash bugs eat adults’ poo to stock up on healthy bacteria

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Dolphins 'talk' to their young in a higher pitch, just like humans do

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DYRYG4 collection of butterfly specimen. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.

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Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices on eBay

More than 50,000 dead butterflies were traded on eBay in a one-year period, including endangered species protected by international treaties on wildlife trade

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Nematode worms use electricity to jump onto bumblebees and fly away

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Technology

Scientists want to give robots hands made from living woodlice

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Ancient reptiles' long necks made them vulnerable to decapitation

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Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival

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