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dolphins jumping

Environment

Dolphins unintentionally poisoning offspring with banned chemicals

Toxins called PCBs were banned in the 1980s, but they persist in the environment where they collect and concentrate in dolphin blubber – and in dolphin milk

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Some bones

Environment

Millions of years ago a massive whale-eating whale roamed the seas

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Heavy or light?

Life

Crows can guess the weight of an object by watching it sway in wind

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mimic poison frog

Life

Core set of genes explain why some animals stick to one mate at a time

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rabbits

Life

Rabbits that don't eat their own faeces are small and weak

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Ant carries a leaf

Life

Leafcutter ants have their own landfill sites that emit greenhouse gas

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marine iguana

Life

Lost 'Darwinia' islands could be origin of species in the Galapagos

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African clawed frog

Life

Cannibalistic African clawed frog eats tadpoles of its relatives

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crayfish

Life

Crayfish experience something like anxiety when they shed their armour

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A lizard underwater with a large air bubble over its nose

Life

Scuba-diving lizard can stay underwater for at least 16 minutes

The water anole of Costa Rica dives underwater to escape from predators such as birds by blowing out and re-inhaling a large bubble of air

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How the right Christmas lunch can help save Earth from climate change

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2018’s weirdest stories: Friendly horses, toddler robots and moonmoons

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The more pets you meet as a baby, the lower your risk of allergies

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Life

Why do wombats poo cubes and turkeys spirals? One woman is finding out

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