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Ancient relative of geese is the earliest known modern bird
A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and geese that lived 69 million years ago
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Spiders can run just as fast after two of their legs drop off
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Bonobos can tell when they know something you don’t
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Rat populations in cities are booming as the planet warms up
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Amazon river dolphins may send messages with aerial streams of urine
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How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur
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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
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Rabbits may eat their own teeth to boost their calcium intake
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Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam
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Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again
Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why they evolved in different groups of mammals at least five times
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Memoir offers new insights into the life of naturalist Gerald Durrell
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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
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We thought we knew emperor penguins 鈥� robots are proving us wrong
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Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful
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