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UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades
A study of 110 squirrels found evidence of several strains of leprosy, including a type known to have infected people living in the same area 730 years ago
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Hundreds more species than we thought might be endangered
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The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack
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Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks
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Last-ditch effort to save the world鈥檚 smallest porpoise agreed
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World鈥檚 largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica鈥檚 Ross Sea
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Hundreds of endangered wild snow leopards are killed each year
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Is it right to kill millions of animals if it protects others?
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Frogfish turns itself white to blend in with bleached corals
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What do our natural laws really say about the world?
Four new books show that, one way or another, our planet is wilder and weirder than the rules we are used to would predict
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Thousands of animals flock to annual party hosted by starlings
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Auto 鈥榝inprinting鈥� identifies individual sharks as they migrate
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Pangolins and parrots protected 鈥� lions and elephants lose out
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Endangered frog recovers thanks to resistance to deadly fungus
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