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Foxes’ skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow
Red foxes and Arctic foxes dive headfirst into snow at up to 4 metres per second to catch small rodents, and the shape of their snouts reduces the impact force
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Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago
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Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus
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Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef
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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted
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Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home
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Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Starfish have hundreds of feet but no brain 鈥� here’s how they move
Starfish feet are coordinated purely through mechanical loading, enabling the animals to bounce rhythmically along the seabed without a central nervous system
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Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals
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Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes?
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鈥楶eaceful鈥� male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps
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Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species
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