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Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
14 June 2018
Dozens of species all around the world are abandoning the day and becoming more active at night, to avoid contact with humans
In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place
25 May 2018
Two common US fish have evolved different body shapes to help them survive in the fast-moving streams in built-up areas
Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree
27 December 2017
Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate – but in the process we have made them vulnerable
Human arrivals wiped out the Caribbean’s giant ground sloths
10 November 2017
Many giant mammals in the Americas have died out but it has been hard to say whether humans or natural events were responsible. Now, in the Caribbean at least, we know
