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Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination
Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change
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Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant
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Odd bump on praying mantis chest is actually world鈥檚 weirdest tongue
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Foxes’ skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow
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Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago
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Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus
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Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef
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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted
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Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home
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Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought
Carbon storage calculations don鈥檛 always take into account the effects of animals 鈥� when they eat, defecate and die, they help store lots of carbon
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Starfish have hundreds of feet but no brain 鈥� here’s how they move
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Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals
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