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Perhaps they were curious as to what these strange, heavily-laden humans were doing in their territory – a vast, unspoiled ...

Sheep and goats may look similar, share pastures and even behave alike – but can they actually produce offspring together?

They found that the shrews’ brain cells lose water but crucially do not die, meaning that the animals retain their brain ...

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Not so dim after all: alligators and crocodiles have been caught using sticks as bait to ambush birds – a rare display of ...

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