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Pigs open doors to free companions in a possible show of empathy
An experiment in which pigs showed an inclination to help other group members suggests they have an altruistic streak 鈥� but selfish motivations can鈥檛 be ruled out
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Mass fish deaths will occur more often in rivers as UK gets hotter
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Bone disease in sabre-toothed tigers may be a sign of inbreeding
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Life鈥檚 hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work
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Birds from two different species raise chicks together in one nest
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Birds are using anti-bird spikes to make their nests
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Sex between two males is extremely common in wild macaque monkeys
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Male spider mites rip off females鈥� skin to be first to mate with them
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Giving jaguars ‘food poisoning’ may stop them from killing livestock
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Loss of large animals in Europe is entirely due to people, not climate
Population models suggest there would be even more megafauna in Europe now than 130,000 years ago if it weren't for modern humans
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Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots
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How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?
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Female frogs may croak to deter males from mating with them
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One third of all vertebrate species are exploited by humans
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