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Are dinosaurs lizards?

Were dinosaurs lizards?

Why, despite looking like lizards, dinosaurs aren't lizards
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"I was dragged into the murk. I clawed at the sand in hope of grabbing a rock to hit it with and pry my leg out from its jaws"

Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Márquez went searching for one predator – but had a scary encounter with another.
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Bees making honey

How do bees make honey? The astonishing process that turns nectar into liquid gold

Do you ever think about how bees make the tasty honey you enjoy on your toast? Stuart Blackman gives a step-by-step guide to this rather sophisticated production line
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An indri (Indri indri) sitting on a branch . Maromizaha forest, Madagascar. Critically Endangered. September 2018 Crop and levels adjustements with Photoshop camera raw. Credit: Filippo Carugati

Scientists studied the world’s only singing lemur – and discovered something surprisingly human about its song 

In the dense rainforests of Madagascar lives one of the animal kingdom’s best opera singers.
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It might act like a friend, but this is no friend – once it’s gained its victim's trust, it drugs them and tears chunks of flesh from them with its huge teeth

A close up of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar.

It looks like a snake, has a snake’s eyes and even flashes a forked, snake-like tongue – but this is far from a snake

This orange creature has one remarkable trick to keep it safe
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Were dinosaurs were good parents

Were dinosaurs actually good parents – and how do we know? The astonishing clues they left behind

Did dinosaurs look after their young - or were they terrible parents? We take a look at the evidence
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How long can an alligator hold its breath underwater?

One of the world’s biggest predators can’t breathe underwater – yet it can stay submerged for hours

Laura Kojima explains how alligators are able to stay submerged underwater without breathing for hours at a time
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Frog

Scientists discover new frog in the Amazon’s flooded forests

A new frog species has been discovered in the seasonally flooded forests of the western Amazon.
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Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

"When it hatches, it goes on a bit of a murder spree. Despite being featherless, with its eyes still closed, it chucks the other eggs over the edge"

How on Earth do cuckoos trick mothers into adopting their eggs and raising their young?
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Minke whale lunge feeding

In the 1950s, whaling ended around these remote Scottish islands. Decades later, up to 30 minke whales were spotted in one great gathering

Wildlife watchers visited the Scottish Hebrides to see what marine life can be found in waters where whales used to be hunted. They witnessed one of the largest minke whale aggregations ever recorded in the region.
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Bella Falk

"One huge bull elephant decided he didn’t like us, and started huffing and flapping his ears.…"

Bella Falk on wild dogs, torrential rain and a grumpy elephant
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Black snake

This newly discovered snake species in Ethiopia feasts exclusively on birds'eggs

It took seven years for Dasypeltis albigularis to be formally described
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Armored searobin fish

“Fish-prawn” hybrid filmed walking backwards in the deep sea

The deep sea fish, commonly known as armored searobin, were filmed demonstrating the unusual behaviour in the South China Sea
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A roe deer camouflages itself in the wild

Can you spot the animal hidden among the grass in less than 5 seconds?

Can you find the camouflaged animal in this image?
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Aishwarya Sridhar

"It lifted its head and – boom! The leopard was hanging from its neck like a huge mango on a tree…"

Aishwarya Sridhar talks fireflies, leopards and torn trousers
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Could any animals live on other planets

Could any animals live on other planets? Possibly…

Could any animals live on other planets? JV Chamary investigates
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TOPSHOT - A southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is photographed at La Cantera beach near Puerto Madryn, Chubut Province, Argentina, on October 6, 2022. - Authorities have recorded more than 1,400 whales in the Nuevo and San Jose gulfs, the largest number in more than 50 years. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images)

Scientists once thought it could only live for 70 years – turns out it's double that. Here's how they made the amazing discovery

Spoiler alert: it wasn't by measuring their earwax
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They can eject scalding liquid with force." 10 animals armed with explosive weapons that can inflict severe, painful burns on humans

Fire coral, blister beetles and stonefish: introducing 10 species that will make you feel the burn
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Sunset behind the hoodoos at Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, New Mexico

It's over 75 million years old and like something out of a fantasy video game with outlandish giant mushrooms, fairy chimneys and an alien throne.

Here's why the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness has bizarre sandstone formations
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Reconstruction of the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus).

It was taller than an elephant, laid eggs the size of basketballs and could crush you underfoot - meet the largest bird that ever lived

These flightless giants were the largest birds to ever walk the Earth, growing to sizes that echoed those of their dinosaur ancestors…
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Lionfish with school of yellowstripe scad fish swimming at HTMS Kledkaeo ship wreck in the area of Phi Phi island. One of the dive sites and artificial reef underwater in Krabi, Thailand.

"At first, they are little more than bare surfaces in the ocean’s vast expanse.” Why do sunken ships make good artificial reefs?

When a vessel is properly prepared for scuttling, it can find a new life on the seabed providing a home for countless creatures
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"Suddenly, I feel vulnerable. Darwin doesn’t look very pleased and he is pumped full of sex hormones: he is not an elephant you want to upset"

There’s more to life as a young male elephant than we thought. Kate Evans reveals a strangely familiar world of teenage gangs, raging hormones and bossy dads
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Mexico, Yucatan, Tulum, cave diver in the system Tux Kubaxa

 Drowned at the end of the Ice Age: The flooded abyss longer than the Grand Canyon and teeming with hundreds of creatures, from mammals to reptiles

The world’s longest underwater cave system can be found in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula – but which one is it?
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