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Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers to do the dirty work for them through a kind of chemical subterfuge

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Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth

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A caretaker feeds chimpanzees inside their playground area at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, on April 24, 2025. The sanctuary, which rehabilitates orphaned Western chimpanzees, is a leading site for wildlife research and conservation education programs. Extremely popular with tourists, its keepers have defiantly kept it closed since late May. The protest is meant to spur the government into action over the rapid environmental degradation taking place in the national park where it is located. The deterioration does not just affect the chimps, experts say, but also inhabitants of the wider region including the nearby capital of Freetown, home to some two million people. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism

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A three-legged lion has learned to hunt in a completely unexpected way

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New book tells compelling tale of the fight to save the Siberian tiger

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A global love letter to nature, Super Nature is an immersive exploration of our world today, filmed exclusively on the original home movie format, Super 8. Led by filmmaker Ed Sayers, we?re invited on a spellbinding journey of togetherness with our fellow dwellers on earth - human and non-human - as people embrace beauty, abundance and loss. Embracing all we have, and all we have to lose, Super Nature proposes a new way of seeing. Silver-washed Fritillary butterfly in close-up feeding from purple flowers, filmed on Super 8. PRESS ENQUIRIES: SOPHIA HAMMOND SOPHIA@MARGARETLONDON.COM Stills: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cnSqOOSw-8zVKLFZCotrg9SzJ3XjOQd0

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Nature documentary shot on Super 8 film is ravishing and unpredictable

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We may finally know why birds sing at dawn

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Chemistry

Civet coffee: The real chemistry behind this bizarre luxury drink

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Environment

Gene-edited pigs resistant to swine fever could boost animal welfare

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Chris Packham: My dogs saved my life

Naturalist Chris Packham speaks at New 杏吧原创 Live about the six species that changed his life

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Dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks

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Stunning images highlight fight to save Earth鈥檚 rich biodiversity聽

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Would a ban on genetic engineering of wildlife hamper conservation?

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Evolution may explain why women live longer than men

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