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Hard but lightweight 鈥榖io-metal鈥� material discovered in sea worm jaws

Marine bristle worms have jaws made from a mix of proteins and metal ions that may constitute a whole new kind of material, with possible applications in engineering

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A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right

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Cecil the Lion, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

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The 5 must-watch science shows of 2026 so far

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Chri鈥媠 Packham in his new series Evolution, holding a replica skull of Dorudon atrox, an ancient relative of dolphins

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Chris Packham: ‘I’d throw myself in front of a T. Rex to be consumed’

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Bumblebee facial movements give clues to their inner lives

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Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring

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The world’s fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

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Childbirth for many primate species is even harder than for humans

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New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into the air

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Remarkable fossils rewrite the story of how animals conquered the land

Palaeontologists have found new evidence that the early ancestors of amphibians, reptiles and mammals did not have a larval stage with external gills like modern frogs or salamanders

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Pigeons lock their eyes in place when they are flying

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Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science

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Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording

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Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean 鈥榥ecropolis鈥�

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