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Vampire bats practise social distancing when they feel ill

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Vampire bats practise social distancing when they feel ill

Vampire bats are social creatures that build relationships through grooming and food-sharing, but when they feel ill, they self-isolate and call out for contact far less

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Royal bengal tiger

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Tiger survival threatened by mass road-building in precious habitats

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How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

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How the turtle got its shell: Amazing fossils are solving the mystery

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How small does an animal have to be to have small fleas?

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How small does an animal have to be to have small fleas?

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Analysis of 85 animals reveals which are best at holding their alcohol

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Analysis of 85 animals reveals which are best at holding their alcohol

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Why bats and nocturnal animals hate light pollution?

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Why bats and nocturnal animals hate light pollution?

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Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?

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Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?

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Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

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Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them

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Don't Miss: absurd animals, the chemical age and DIY dancing

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Don't Miss: absurd animals, the chemical age and DIY dancing

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Bats

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Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech

Pale spear-nosed bats can learn to alter their calls to mimic different sounds – a rare skill that could help us understand the biology of human speech and language

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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

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Whale sharks can live for at least 50 years – and probably longer

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Europe’s cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses

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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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