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Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to changes in dolphin gene activity

After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, dolphins living in the area had changes in the activity of genes that regulate lung tissue growth and immune system responses

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Does your houseplant have feelings?

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The radical new experiments that hint at plant consciousness

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The radical new experiments that hint at plant consciousness

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Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth?s history. Image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous erythrosuchid (close relative to crocodiles and dinosaurs) and a tiny gliding reptile at about 240 million years ago. The erythrosuchid is chasing the gliding reptile and it is propelling itself using a fossilized skull of the extinct Dimetrodon (early mammalian ancestor) in a hot and dry river valley. Image created by Henry Sharpe.

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Reptile boom 250 million years ago may have been due to global warming

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Mosquito close up

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Mosquitoes have more ways to smell us than we thought

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jurgen Christine Sohns/Imagebroker/Shutterstock (4401886a) European Polecat (Mustela putorius), adult, alert, Surrey, England, United Kingdom VARIOUS

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UK polecats numbers are rising as they interbreed with ferrets

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panoramic of Serran?a del Perij?

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Colombian dinosaur finally identified thanks to 2016 peace agreement

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Megalodon

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Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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When Animals Dream review: Making the case for 'animalhood'

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Saccorhytus coronarius

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Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn't our earliest ancestor after all

Saccorhytus coronarius lived around 500 million years ago and was thought to be a common ancestor of deuterostomes, making it the earliest known ancestor of humans, but it turns out to be on another branch of life

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Life

Why masses of new species have been staring us in the face all along

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Glowing Arctic snailfish is packed with antifreeze proteins

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Tropical birds build nests from fungi that may keep parasites at bay

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Saiga antelopes have increased 10-fold after mass die-off in 2015

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