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Your pet dog鈥檚 ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?
Unexpected archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of how the big, bad wolf became our first and most beloved pet
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New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
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Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings
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Thousands of seadragons are dying in Australia’s toxic algal bloom
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Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together
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The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds
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Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers
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Tiny elusive gecko rediscovered on one of the Galapagos islands
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Ancient animal’s fossilised brain prompts rethink of spider evolution
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Small, stocky dinosaur related to Velociraptor named as new species
Shri rapax, known from a fossil found in Mongolia, had strong hands and teeth which may have helped it tackle much larger dinosaurs
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Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion just like us
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Exposure to microplastic makes animals want to eat it more
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Rare images capture snow leopard cubs in their dens
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Stunningly intimate octopus image wins aquatic photography prize
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