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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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Stem cells may reveal how Neanderthal DNA works in modern humans

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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

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The birds of South Georgia are finally safe from marauding rats

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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

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Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Worst mass extinctions may have been caused by rising mountains

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

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The worst mass extinction may have begun with mass sterilisation

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

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Rare wooden tools show that Neanderthals got creative with fire

Wooden tools are hardly ever preserved, but a cache found in Italy suggests Neanderthals made them with fire and used them to dig up foods like tubers

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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

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Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army

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