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Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive starvation

Unlike most other animals, the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra doesn’t get a fatty liver when it is malnourished – and its secrets could lead to medical benefits for other species

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Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the dinosaurs' demise

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Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts with sugary slime

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Clownfish avoid the sting of their anemone hosts with sugary slime

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Worm-like amphibian produces a kind of milk for its hatchlings

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Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass die-offs

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Hunger-inducing mutation makes some Labradors more likely to get fat

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Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

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Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

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Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

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Storks refine their migration routes as they learn from experience

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Orca seen hunting great white shark in first recorded solo kill

An orca named Starboard was seen killing a great white shark and eating its liver in waters near South Africa, showing that solo orcas can take on other big predators

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A simple trick can make a dog treat a stranger as their friend

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Thousands of humpback whales starved to death after marine heatwave

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Jackals may urinate on their favourite fruit to deter thieves

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Bizarre fish can extend its mouth to make a kind of trunk

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