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Tardigrades survive deadly radiation by glowing in the dark
Tardigrades are famously near-indestructible, and some have harnessed the power of fluorescence to help them survive intense ultraviolet radiation
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Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award
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Naked mole rats invade neighbouring colonies and kidnap their babies
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Rat that uses whiskers to hunt underwater prey is really four species
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A drop of blood could reveal how old wild elephants are
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New species of tiny 鈥榝airy shrimp鈥� found in the world鈥檚 hottest desert
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Some frogs have evolved eyes that are far too big for their bodies
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Young bats accept reality of climate change before older generations
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The weird and wacky science that won Ig Nobel prizes this year
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The horn-like knobs on a giraffe’s head can be a deadly lightning rod
Being the tallest animals on the planet, giraffes are threatened by lightning strikes. For the first time scientists have described in detail such a hit, which killed two giraffes in South Africa
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Cloned testicles let goats father the offspring of another male
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The amusing skulduggery-filled tale of how beavers returned to Britain
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Sea anemones grow more tentacles when they have plenty of food to eat
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Walking catfish may use their whole body to smell when on land
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