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Most animals can’t keep a beat despite what Darwin believed
Humans turn out to have the strongest sense of rhythm of all animals, says a new book, which makes strong evolutionary connections between music and language
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Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles
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Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus
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A crucial population of lions has lost much of its genetic diversity
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Human activity impacts a quarter of the world’s threatened species
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Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India
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The new Afghanistan war: Saving snow leopards and other wild treasures
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World’s fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin
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Mice given ‘night vision’ by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes
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Light pollution has reached fragile habitats and may threaten wildlife
A dull orange skyglow as bright as the moon now smudges out the stars in over two-thirds of the world’s safe havens for biodiversity
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Underwater push-ups help hibernating turtles stay alive
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Bees prefer to turn right and it helps them decide where to live
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The last black leopard photographed in Kenya was born in New York
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Slime-fighting slug can superglue enemy frogs to trees for days
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