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praying mantis

Environment

Cheats and Deceits: The story of how to stay alive

Humans hate cheats and deceivers, but as a new book amply illustrates, it's one of the best survival strategies in the natural world

Two mice up on their back legs having at it. The one facing us has its mouth open and teeth visible

Environment

Mice watching movies on iPods prefer action to mouse erotica

Panda watches panda porn

Environment

Five wild animals that won’t do it in cages

roosting bats

Environment

Super bats: What doesn鈥檛 kill them, could make us stronger

Two dogs with their heads looking out of the tops of a row of cubicles. They are both clones of the same black-and-tan German Shepherd dog, and their only difference is that the left ear of one of them points upwards

Earth

Inside the cloning factory that creates 500 new animals a day

Orangutan

Environment

First case of lethal female aggression seen in orangutans

A patient-looking giraffe mother allowing five young giraffes of varying sizes to suckle

Environment

Baby giraffes steal milk, and adults let them do it

Donald Trump

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Trump’s primate-like posturing got him to poll position in Iowa

oryx

Environment

Meet the animals that are defying odds by escaping extinction

Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals 鈥� and occasionally other organisms 鈥� from around the world

Environment

Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

Environment

Crow cameras give a bird’s eye view of tool-making in the wild

Environment

Pawful or purrfect? A scientific guide to the best pets

Environment

African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance