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Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses
Plant-eating cave bears vanished when ice spread across Europe – maybe because their large sinuses prevented them chewing meat to adapt to the new conditions
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Humans
The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused
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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females
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Penguins call out as they hunt under water but we’re not sure why
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World’s highest mammal discovered at the top of a Mars-like volcano
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Life
We may have started keeping lapdogs as pets 2000 years ago
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Brazilian toads that eat scorpions can survive the venom of 10 stings
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Meet Carlo, an ancient reptile who had part of his face bitten off
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World’s only known pink manta ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef
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Freeze-dried jellyfish could help us grow new human skin
The bell of an upside-down jellyfish has structures that can provide a scaffold for growing human skin cells, which could be used to help repair wounds after surgery or a bad burn
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It turns out loads of frogs and salamanders are fluorescent
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Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species
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Life
Animal that doesn’t need oxygen to survive discovered
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Environment
Keep raising money to save the pandas – it helps other animals too
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