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Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree
Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate 鈥� but in the process we have made them vulnerable
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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time
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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change
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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up
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Ravenous rainforest resident plucks midnight snack from thin air
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The holly hunters banking berries to save a species
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Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners
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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends
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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era
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Ancient microbes caused Earth鈥檚 first ever global warming
Over 3 billion years ago, the sun was faint so our planet should have been a snowball. But it wasn鈥檛 鈥� and microorganisms may have been what kept it warm
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‘Scary’ spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species
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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind
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Japan鈥檚 refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere
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Lizards re-evolved eggs after thousands of years of live births
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