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Male and female gibbons sing duets in time with each other

Lar gibbons call out sounds that are synchronised and occur at regular intervals – a combination of rhythmic qualities that, until now, had only been seen in people

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Finley, one of the sloths at The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica. Credit: Ignacio Moya

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Sloths have double the grip strength of humans and other primates

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Anole lizard on a pole

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Urban lizards have gene mutations that help them adapt to city life

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Ichthyosaur

Life

Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator

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2FM22K7 The joy is evident on the face of this young orangutan. BORNEO: THIS BRITISH photographer has spent TWENTY years snapping Borneo?s cutest orangutans.

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Living in trees may have given great apes vocal skills for consonants

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A male katydid fossil from the Early Cretaceous period

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Fossils reveal the dinosaur era's changing insect soundscape

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Dinosaur apocalypse

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Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

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How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

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How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

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Ant on a small plant

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Ants have evolved to farm plants on at least 15 separate occasions

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How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Life

How flowering plants beat bloom-free gymnosperms to world dominance

Flowerless gymnosperms, such as conifer and ginkgo, ruled the Jurassic world before their flowering rivals, the angiosperms, became dominant. What caused the fall of one and the rise of the other?

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The sounds of animals thought to be silent...until now

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Life

Surprisingly bright blue fish discovered in the darkest ocean depths

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Cat-like sabre-toothed carnivore evolved faster than we thought

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Why itching can be contagious: Reflex pathway is identified in mice

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