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Genius crow's tool-bending behaviour may be natural to its kind

Life

Genius crow's tool-bending behaviour may be natural to its kind

Betty the crow astounded scientists with its ability to bend a piece of garden wire into a neat hook back in 2002. Now it looks like wild crows do it all the time

News

Wasp sitting atop spider silk

Life

Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive

News

Mass of bees extending down from branch

Life

Giant honeybees may act like a collective lung to beat the heat

News

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Life

America's last mammoths died of thirst on an Alaskan island

News

A Pheidole drogon minor worker

Earth

Spiky new ant species is named after Game of Thrones dragons

News

Chimps engage with experiment

Life

Well-travelled chimps more likely to pick up tools and innovate

News

hummingbird

Life

Hummingbirds’ unique way of seeing prevents them from crashing

News

ape

Life

When is an animal a person? Neuroscience tries to set the rules

Insight

A kitten sat in a veterinary surgery in front of a tray of various medicines and equipment

Life

Stop vets offering homeopathy – placebo doesn’t work for pets

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Hive from outside

Life

Listen to secrets of a honeybee hive in Kew’s latest sculpture

An ingenious new installation at London’s Kew Gardens offers visitors a novel way to experience life inside the hive – and commune with nature

Culture

Life

Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases

News

Technology

Wearable device for racehorses could help prevent fatal injuries

News

Life

Human flesh found in stomach of bear shot after fatal attacks

News

Life

Making squirrels count and other dumb animal intelligence tests

Culture

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