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Parrot uses his broken beak to become a dominant male

Bruce is a kea with just half a beakXimena Nelson In 2013,…

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Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

One of the radiolarian fossils found inside the rock sampleCourtesy of Jonathan…

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Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline

Emperor penguins could go extinct by 2100Stefan Christmann/naturepl.com Two of Antarctica’s most…

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Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they mostly use for sex

A male webfoot octopus (Amphioctopus fangsiao) with its hectocotylus curled up (upper…

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The Turin Shroud bears DNA from many people, plants and animals

The Turin Shroud bears an image of a man said to resemble…

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Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour

Electron microscope image showing an ant with dolomite in its exoskeletonHongjie Li…

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World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman’s lungs

Historic anatomical preparations from the late 1700s in the Hunterian Anatomy MuseumAnatomy…

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Newborn marsupials seen crawling to mother’s pouch for the first time

Minuscule marsupial newborns that weigh less than a grain of rice have…

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Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice…

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Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain

There’s more going on when we yawn than we had realisedVIVEK PRAKASH/AFP…

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