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Rare find: Coelacanth filmed off South Africa's eastern coastline Discoveries

Rare find: Coelacanth filmed off South Africa's eastern coastline

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"I thought possibly I’d been overcome by nitrogen narcosis or the helium had turned hallucinogenic."

9 days ago
'Lost' species of fanged mouse-deer rediscovered after almost three decades Discoveries

'Lost' species of fanged mouse-deer rediscovered after almost three decades

By Ian Dickinson

Ever heard of the silver-backed chevrotain? We’d be surprised if you have.

17 days ago
Orangutans can play the kazoo – here's what this tells us about the evolution of speech Discoveries

Orangutans can play the kazoo – here's what this tells us about the evolution of speech

By Earth Touch News

You wouldn't think a kazoo could tell you much about the origins of language. But you'd be wrong.

2 months ago
Buffet buddies: footage reveals that fierce leopard seals work together when king penguin is on the menu Discoveries

Buffet buddies: footage reveals that fierce leopard seals work together when king penguin is on the menu

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Cooperation or theft? New observations show wild leopard seals sharing food when targeting king penguins in Antarctica

3 months ago
Spider glue's sticky secret revealed by new genetic research Discoveries

Spider glue's sticky secret revealed by new genetic research

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The glue that gives spider webs their stickiness is a form of spider silk protein. Researchers can imagine cool uses for a synthetic version – but had...

5 months ago
Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time Discoveries

Chimpanzees spotted smashing open and eating tortoises for the first time

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The discovery sheds light on how early humans evolved larger brains and the ability to eat meat.

6 months ago
A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it's driven by humans Discoveries

A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it's driven by humans

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Our closest relatives show distinct cultural behaviour in different populations. But those differences are being erased.

9 months ago
This jellyfish-like creature sprouts a fresh anus every time it poops Discoveries

This jellyfish-like creature sprouts a fresh anus every time it poops

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New research shows that these transparent sea creatures sprout a fresh anus every time they poop.

9 months ago
Can bees do maths? Yes – new research shows they can add and subtract Discoveries

Can bees do maths? Yes – new research shows they can add and subtract

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Bee brains contain less than one million neurons. Despite this, new research shows the honeybee can use symbols to perform basic maths, including...

10 months ago
Orangutans can communicate about the past just like humans, new research finds Discoveries

Orangutans can communicate about the past just like humans, new research finds

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Discovering that orangutans can communicate about things that happened in the past provides new clues to how human language evolved.

11 months ago
How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn' Discoveries

How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'

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The loss of the 'Siberian unicorn' shows just how vulnerable some animals can be to environmental change that can impact on their food supply.

one year ago
How a plateau of headless reindeer and scavenger poop became a field lab for studying an ecosystem Discoveries

How a plateau of headless reindeer and scavenger poop became a field lab for studying an ecosystem

By Ian Dickinson

From the deaths of over 300 reindeer sprouts new life on Norway’s Hardangervidda mountain plateau. 

one year ago
Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history Fossils

Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history

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A new study of an ancient fossil has found it to be the earliest lizard known, so far. It shows they survived one the greatest mass extinctions on...

one year ago
It's less than 2cm long, but this 400-million-year-old fossil fish changes our view of vertebrate evolution Fossils

It's less than 2cm long, but this 400-million-year-old fossil fish changes our view of vertebrate evolution

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A 400-million-year-old fossilised fish skull gives us very early and previously unknown clues about how boney fishes evolved into the vertebrates we...

one year ago
'Hidden sharks': how we found a new way to detect them Sharks

'Hidden sharks': how we found a new way to detect them

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Sleuthing scientists are using environmental DNA to help figure out which sharks swim where.

one year ago
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