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Rat populations in cities are booming as the planet warms up
Global warming is helping rats thrive in major cities around the world, with Washington DC seeing the fastest growth in rats
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Amazon river dolphins may send messages with aerial streams of urine
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How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur
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Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
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Rabbits may eat their own teeth to boost their calcium intake
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Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam
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Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again
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Memoir offers new insights into the life of naturalist Gerald Durrell
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Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
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We thought we knew emperor penguins – robots are proving us wrong
For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing surprising secrets about how they live
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Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful
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Dolphins may use their teeth to hear underwater
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Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season
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2024 review: The strangest animal videos of the year
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