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Hibernating beetles break down and regrow their muscles on demand
Colorado potato beetles lose almost all the mitochondria in their muscles during hibernation, but regrow them in time to start flying in the spring
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Cambridge lab for clever birds saved from closure by public donations
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Ear anatomy shows warm-blooded animals evolved 233 million years ago
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A fish that evolved to stand up on land went back to living in water
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Wasps can grasp abstract concepts such as ‘same’ and ‘different’
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Beavers to be legally protected from harm in England from October
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Woodpeckers don’t have built-in shock absorbers to protect their brain
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Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends
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Three-eyed predator stalked the seas 500 million years ago
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Southern fin whales have recovered to large numbers in the Antarctic
Aerial surveys have found groups of up to 150 fin whales feeding near Antarctica, a sign that populations have bounced back since since the 1976 ban on hunting these whales
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Meraxes gigas was a huge dinosaur with tiny arms like T. rex
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Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants
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Alien earthworms have spread to almost all parts of North America
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How to increase your chances of seeing a hedgehog in your garden
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