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Complex cats: Let’s see our feline friends as they really are

Furry friends or mass killers? Two new books, The Trainable Cat and Cat Wars explore the two extreme views – and what to do about them

A close-up of a bee perched on the stem of a plant

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Insects may have feelings, so do we need more humane fly spray?

Lioness with dart

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Five wild lionesses grow a mane and start acting like males

blue-capped cordon-bleu bird

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Tap-dancing songbirds drum with their feet to attract mates

A Hawaiian crow using a stick as a tool

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Hawaiian crows can use sticks as tools but are nearly extinct

Earth

More than half of UK species in decline – some may soon vanish

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World’s first ‘nanofish’ could be used as guided drug missiles

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White killer whales were a legend – now they are everywhere

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Animal sound symphony tells us new things about our world

panda

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Giant panda off endangered list as China’s conservation pays off

The panda is now classified as a "vulnerable" instead of "endangered" species - but gorillas found in East Africa are sliding towards extinction

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Deep-sea squid cannibals battle it out in a fight to the death

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Genius crow’s tool-bending behaviour may be natural to its kind

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Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive

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Giant honeybees may act like a collective lung to beat the heat