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elephants holding instruments

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Most animals can’t keep a beat despite what Darwin believed

Humans turn out to have the strongest sense of rhythm of all animals, says a new book, which makes strong evolutionary connections between music and language

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chimp

Life

A chimp's hug shows it's time to accept that animals have feelings too

Culture

CRISPR lizard

Life

Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

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Andean frog (Bryophryne cophites) dead from chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Cusco region, Peru.

Life

Nearly 100 species of frogs, toads and salamanders wiped out by fungus

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Lions are losing their genetic capacity to adapt to changing environments

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A crucial population of lions has lost much of its genetic diversity

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Three generations of Bornean elephant pass through a palm oil plantation

Environment

Human activity impacts a quarter of the world’s threatened species

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Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India

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Secretive new frog species from ancient lineage discovered in India

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Afghanistan's Hindu Kush peaks

Life

The new Afghanistan war: Saving snow leopards and other wild treasures

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mako shark

Life

World's fastest shark gets a burst of speed from shape-shifting skin

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mouse in infrared

Life

Mice given ‘night vision’ by injecting nanoparticles into their eyes

Thanks to nanotechnology mice can now see in infrared light – and they can read and respond to infrared cues in their environment

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Environment

Light pollution has reached fragile habitats and may threaten wildlife

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Life

Underwater push-ups help hibernating turtles stay alive

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Life

Bees prefer to turn right and it helps them decide where to live

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Life

The last black leopard photographed in Kenya was born in New York

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