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Newborn marsupials seen crawling to mother's pouch for the first time

Scientists have captured remarkable footage of the young of a mouse-sized marsupial, called a fat-tailed dunnart, making their way to their mother’s pouch soon after being born

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Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards

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Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards

Regulars

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Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination

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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell

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Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth

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Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem

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Overall winner Zeke Rowe Wouldn't Hurt a Fly Coiba National Park, Panama Sony a6500 with Sony FE 200-600mm F/5.6-6.3. f/9, 1/1000 sec exposure, ISO 6400 A calm American Crocodile meets the camera with an unwavering stare as biting flies are drinking from its head. In a quiet Panamanian tidal marsh, this apex predator proves that sometimes it truly wouldn?t hurt a fly.

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Piercing crocodile close-up wins ecology photo competition

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Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arabian horses at the Liwa International Festival 2023, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

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A fascinating book reveals the ancient story of horses and humans

Culture

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Our earliest vertebrate ancestors may have had four eyes

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Life

Bird retinas work without oxygen, and now scientists know how

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

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Bubble feeding trick spreads through humpback whale social groups

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Why a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals

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Environment

How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century

Features

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Why non-human culture should change how we see nature

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