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Bonobo’s pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination
Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates
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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
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Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
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Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem
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Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition
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A fascinating book reveals the ancient story of horses and humans
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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes
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Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how
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Bubble feeding trick spreads through humpback whale social groups
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Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals
A pet cow has learned to scratch herself with a broom, showing creative problem-solving skills that make it harder to ignore the fact that these animals have minds, says Marta Halina
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How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century
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Why non-human culture should change how we see nature
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T. rex took 40 years to become fully grown
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6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025
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