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The fascinating exceptions in the animal kingdom to patterns of longevity.
Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.
Spiders - are they really more afraid of you than you are of them?
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different continents.
From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play important roles in the world.
From tigers to mice and penguins to elephants – animal pharmacologists analyze samples from them all and play an important role in devising treatment plans.
A global experiment has helped explain why some animals use stealthy patterns to hide from predators, while others use warning colours to avoid being eaten.
A tech company says it could be five years away from bringing the dodo back.
It’s not just you - slugs can be a nightmare when you’re trying to grow things.
Animal behaviour experts give the low down on which animals would making a winning team.
Alcohol consumption is common across human societies, but do animals other than humans regularly drink alcohol?
Flies see things differently.
White-tailed deer host these brain worms, but they don’t actually get the disease, which makes it harder for biologists to monitor its prevalence.
When you cuddle a cat, the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin is rising in both your brains.
And other questions about animal snot answered.
One ant mother raises two species under the same roof.
Declawing cats causes irreversible nerve damage and chronic pain. New research from Quebec concludes it should be banned.
The fact that animals don’t use words makes it hard to decode their communication. But technology is starting to make it easier.
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor, Management and Organizational Studies, Huron University College and Coordinator of Animal Ethics and Sustainability Leadership, Western University
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Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer, Bioscience, Nottingham Trent University
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Animal Geographer, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Salford
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Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, University of California, San Diego
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