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AYMTTG A man looks at a display in the Hall of Biodiversity American Museum of Natural History

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Why avoiding a sixth mass extinction is easier than it sounds

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low

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Crafty cockatoos learn to use public drinking fountains

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There’s growing evidence the big five mass extinctions never happened

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There’s growing evidence the big five mass extinctions never happened

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Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak

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Why birds decorate their nests with weird and unnatural objects

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Flash floods sweep through vital sanctuary for Australian animals

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Honeybees are getting confused by electric pollution from power lines

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The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish

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Reconstruction painting of the track maker Credit: Marcin Ambrozik

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Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land

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A juvenile chimpanzee drumming in Bossou, Guinea

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Chimps share 'building blocks of musical rhythm' with humans

Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor

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What if we could experience life as another species?

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What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out

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How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years without going blind

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A giant snail that lives up to its name

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