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Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness
A popular idea links primates living on the ground with a tendency for right-handedness, but findings from urban langurs in India cast doubt on the idea
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Marine protected areas aren’t helping fish populations recover
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Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based ‘mirror test’
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Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?
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Horses used in therapy often avoid people if they are given a choice
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Birds make an ‘after you’ gesture to prompt their mate to enter nest
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Tiny deer from the dry valleys of Peru recognised as new species
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Dogs really do understand that words stand for objects
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Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies
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Male and female spiders pair up to look like a flower
Together, a dark-hued male crab spider and a larger, paler female resemble a flower, in what researchers suspect is the first case of cooperative mimicry
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Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world’s hairiest
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Blue tits shared a tree hollow with bird-eating bats 鈥� and survived
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Californian orcas used specialised tactics for hunting whale calves
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Chimp mothers play with their youngsters even when times are tough
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