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Cattle that spend more time around humans have smaller brains

Cattle that spend more time around humans have smaller brains

Cattle have brains around 26 per cent smaller than the extinct aurochs, which may be their wild ancestor – and they are even smaller among dairy cows that spend more time with humans

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Water voles released in Yorkshire in boost to endangered species

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Water voles released in Yorkshire in boost to endangered species

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rotifer

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Tiny animal revived after 24,000 years entombed in Siberian permafrost

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catnip

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Why do cats love catnip? Science with Sam explains

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Donkey digging a well

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Wild horses and donkeys dig desert wells that boost biodiversity

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comb jelly

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Animals with weird neurons may rewrite the story of brain evolution

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Dead eagles found across the US had rat poison in their blood

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Dead eagles found across the US had rat poison in their blood

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An ancient rattlesnake lived in the jaw of a dead mastodon

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An ancient rattlesnake lived in the jaw of a dead mastodon

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elephants

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Both species of African elephants are now officially endangered

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Some Amazon jaguars have adapted to live in treetops to avoid flooding

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Some Amazon jaguars have adapted to live in treetops to avoid flooding

Seasonal flooding can make parts of the Amazon river basin tricky terrain for land animals, so jaguars have taken to spending months in trees and eating monkeys and lizards they find up there

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More than 4000 cheetahs have been trafficked in the past decade

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Extinction denialism is a worrying new anti-science movement

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A shadow snake has been rediscovered in Ecuador after 54 years

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Life

Feeding your cat a very meaty diet may mean it kills less wildlife

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