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When it comes to animals, even tiny differences are a big deal

Life

When it comes to animals, even tiny differences are a big deal

When it comes to animals of the same species, even tiny differences in behaviour and distribution are a big deal – with the devil definitely in the detail

Culture

Cocoa pods

Earth

Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

News

Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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Nomadic birds in danger after spate of wildfires in key wetland

Life

Nomadic birds in danger after spate of wildfires in key wetland

News

'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

Life

'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

Earth

Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

Earth

Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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David Waters

Life

Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

Features

The Great Barrier Reef

Life

'Super-spreader' coral could restore trashed Great Barrier Reef

Most of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may well be destroyed in the next few decades, but hubs of resilient coral could make larvae to restore it all

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Earth

Madagascar's lemurs close to extinction after population crash

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Earth

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

News

Life

Let's hope chickless penguin colony can come back from the brink

Comment

Earth

Keystone XL oil pipeline will go ahead despite last week's spill

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