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Two mice up on their back legs having at it. The one facing us has its mouth open and teeth visible

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Mice watching movies on iPods prefer action to mouse erotica

If you play them mouse movies, mice spend more time watching the ones showing fights than the videos of mouse sex

Panda watches panda porn

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Five wild animals that won’t do it in cages

roosting bats

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Super bats: What doesn’t kill them, could make us stronger

Two dogs with their heads looking out of the tops of a row of cubicles. They are both clones of the same black-and-tan German Shepherd dog, and their only difference is that the left ear of one of them points upwards

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Inside the cloning factory that creates 500 new animals a day

Orangutan

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First case of lethal female aggression seen in orangutans

A patient-looking giraffe mother allowing five young giraffes of varying sizes to suckle

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Baby giraffes steal milk, and adults let them do it

Donald Trump

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Trump’s primate-like posturing got him to poll position in Iowa

oryx

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Meet the animals that are defying odds by escaping extinction

Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

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Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world

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Crow cameras give a bird’s eye view of tool-making in the wild

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Pawful or purrfect? A scientific guide to the best pets

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African finch sings and performs superfast Happy Feet tap dance

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Have we turned dogs into lazy thinkers through domestication?