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New beetle species bites army ant’s butt and hitches a ride

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New beetle species bites army ant’s butt and hitches a ride

The beetle uses its mandibles to latch on to an army ant’s rear, where it blends in while moving to a new nest together with the ants

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Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

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Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline

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Dolphins playing with hoops

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Synchronised swimming seems to make dolphins more optimistic

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Boat on dried-up lake floor

Life

Massive lake drained for hydropower leaves dry bed and no fish

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Bear confronts wolf carrying prey

Life

Why grey wolves kill less prey when brown bears are around

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Arabian babbler bird

Life

Bird lookouts make alarm calls to save themselves, not the group

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Some of the turfwinkle snails in their natural habitat

Earth

Ocean acidification may be good for thriving marine snails

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The bucket-shaped leaves of carnivorous pitcher plants

Life

Carnivorous plants repurpose stress genes to digest their prey

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chemotherapy drugs on IV pole

Health

Drug stops nasty chemotherapy side effects in mice with cancer

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A vaquita caught in a net

Life

World’s most endangered marine mammal has 30 individuals left

The vaquita porpoise lives in the Gulf of California, Mexico, where illegal fishing with gill nets has slashed the population by a total of 90 per cent in the past five years

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Life

Ant choosiness reveals they all have different personalities

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Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

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Life

We don't need a huge blue grab to save sharks and rays

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Chimps beat up, murder and then cannibalise their former tyrant

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