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Parrots are clever because their brains evolved the same way as ours
Like humans, parrots have big brains and good communication skills 鈥� now we know the DNA regulating parrot and human brain development evolved in a similar way
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Some spiders produce milk 鈥� and it鈥檚 more nutritious than cow鈥檚 milk
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Roadkill deaths halved on Australian road thanks to a fence of sound
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Bruce Whitelaw: Should we gene edit farm animals?
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Rats can make friends with robot rats and will rescue them when stuck
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Technology
Smart mini-backpacks for chickens can monitor their welfare on farms
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Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading
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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?
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Earliest known animal might have inflated its body like a balloon
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Sabre-toothed cats shared their food with injured pride members
Prehistoric sabre-toothed cats often injured their impressive jaws during hunts. Now fossil evidence suggests injured cats could rely on their peers for food
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The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me
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Don’t miss: animal-centred film, mysterious extinctions and virus art
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More than 60 prescription drugs are getting into river foodchains
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Wild populations of animals have crashed by 60 per cent
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