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A pair of colourful eggs

Birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank for their colourful eggs

31 October 2018

A careful look at dinosaur fossil eggs suggests colourful eggs evolved just once – in the group of dinosaurs that eventually gave rise to birds

Giant panda

We can tell whether pandas are mating successfully by their bleats

31 October 2018

Giant pandas make all sorts of sounds – honks, chirps, roars – and now we know how to tell if they’ve mated by listening to their bleats

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