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Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted
Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast swimmers that preyed on shelled creatures
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Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home
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Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought
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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
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Starfish have hundreds of feet but no brain 鈥� here’s how they move
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Tiny nematode worms can grow enormous mouths and become cannibals
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Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes?
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鈥楶eaceful鈥� male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps
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Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species
Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring
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Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness
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Marine protected areas aren’t helping fish populations recover
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Snakes show signs of self-recognition in a smell-based ‘mirror test’
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Is every species necessary or can we let some die out?
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