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How to avoid deer fly bites, according to science

An experiment with a sticky fly trap in a Canadian forest suggests you will get more deer fly bites if you walk around than if you sit still

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$P525 - Human femur, with a severe fracture united by new bone, prepared by John Hunter between 1760 and 1793$

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See the Hunterian Museum's weird and wonderful anatomical curiosities

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Seagulls choose their meals based on what people nearby are eating

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Bat guano has been sculpting caves in Brazil for thousands of years

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380 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong Region EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01GMT May 22 Calotes goetzi The Cambodian blue-crested agma, an aggressive lizard that changes color as a defensive mechanism ? Henrik Bringsoe

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Hundreds of species new to science discovered in South-East Asia

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Bowhead whales may resist cancer thanks to superior DNA repair ability

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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

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Let science guide horse welfare, not misguided, overemotional protest

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Urban red fox (Vulpes vulpes) wandering on top of brick wall spiked with broken glass on very early morning in residential gardens.; Shutterstock ID 1889796793; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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When did animals like foxes first start living alongside people?

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Gibbons plan ahead to beat competitors to the best breakfast spots

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Seals in Mexico are losing fur and climate change may be to blame

Alopecia makes it harder for fur seals to keep warm, and the condition may be the result of hotter temperatures making it tough to find their preferred prey

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Young children value the lives of animals more than adults do

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Bigger butterflies may cope better with climate change

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Movie clip reconstructed by an AI reading mice's brains as they watch

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Woolly mammoths had testosterone surges like those of male elephants

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