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A rat and a robot rat

Technology

Rats can make friends with robot rats and will rescue them when stuck

Rats that spend time exploring and playing with a robotic rat can become socially attached to it and even help it to escape when trapped

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A chicken crosses the road

Technology

Smart mini-backpacks for chickens can monitor their welfare on farms

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ants

Life

Sick ants stay clear of their co-workers to stop disease spreading

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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Judith Mank: Why do we have sex?

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A fossil of Dickensonia

Life

Earliest known animal might have inflated its body like a balloon

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Smilodon's teeth were impressive but injury-prone

Life

Sabre-toothed cats shared their food with injured pride members

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tiger in lab

Life

The day a Siberian tiger nearly killed me

Features

snail

Life

Don't miss: animal-centred film, mysterious extinctions and virus art

Culture

A pipe flows into water

Environment

More than 60 prescription drugs are getting into river foodchains

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Life

Wild populations of animals have crashed by 60 per cent

The world's wild vertebrate species have seen population decline drastically since 1970, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature

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Life

Huddling for warmth gives animals a more efficient gut microbiome

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Life

Why alligators, wolves and mountain lions are turning up in odd places

Features

Life

A rare white 'spirit bear' eats a leisurely meal in the rainforest

Regulars

Life

Old honeybees make a drumming sound to get young slackers working

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