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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

If a great tit eats something nasty, it will disgustedly wipe its beak on a branch – and other great tits watch and learn

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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Hot springs, Yellowstone National Park

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Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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Sumatran tigers fall 17 per cent and have just two strongholds

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Why do female monkeys spend so long looking at rugged males?

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

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Hummingbirds have massive hearts to power their hovering flight

Birds that hover in front of flowers have huge hearts to power their energy-intensive flight, and even birds that glide effortlessly need fairly big hearts to keep it up

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Baby pterosaurs were cute, defenceless and unable to fly

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A bacterium has been engineered to make 'unnatural' proteins

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How changing families are affecting our children’s well-being

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Does it matter if my child is not genetically related to me?

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