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Monkeys Are Creeped Out By The "Uncanny Valley", Just Like We AreMonkey freaked out by weird avatar

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Monkeys Are Creeped Out By The "Uncanny Valley", Just Like We AreMonkey freaked out by weird avatar
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Monkeys Are Creeped Out By The "Uncanny Valley", Just Like We Are

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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say ScientistsA close up photo of a white polar owl. The bird has its beak open and its head tilted back in a way that makes it look like it is shocked or has been caught doing something it shouldn't be doing.

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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say ScientistsA close up photo of a white polar owl. The bird has its beak open and its head tilted back in a way that makes it look like it is shocked or has been caught doing something it shouldn't be doing.
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Masturbation Among Birds Is Widespread, Natural, And Should Not Be Punished, Say Scientists

clock-iconJune 3, 2026

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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 MetersA male grouse with impressive feathers and a red throat, on the slope of a hill.

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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 MetersA male grouse with impressive feathers and a red throat, on the slope of a hill.
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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 Meters

clock-iconMay 29, 2026

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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider Itan orange cat lays with all its limbs sprawled on a cool tile pavement

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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider Itan orange cat lays with all its limbs sprawled on a cool tile pavement
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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider It

clock-iconMay 28, 2026

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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail FeathersA incredibly well preserved fossil bird with very long tail feathers on a pale rock.

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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail FeathersA incredibly well preserved fossil bird with very long tail feathers on a pale rock.
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“Pretty Cool If You Ask Me”: Perfectly Preserved 121-Million-Year-Old “Feather Dragon” Fossil Reveals New Species With Incredibly Long Tail Feathers

clock-iconMay 27, 2026

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Orcas Munching On Moose, Fishing Wolves, And Bloodthirsty Ground Squirrels: 3 Times Animals Ate In Ways We Didn’t ExpectFrom left to right: a California ground squirrel; an orca; a gray wolf.

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Orcas Munching On Moose, Fishing Wolves, And Bloodthirsty Ground Squirrels: 3 Times Animals Ate In Ways We Didn’t ExpectFrom left to right: a California ground squirrel; an orca; a gray wolf.
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Orcas Munching On Moose, Fishing Wolves, And Bloodthirsty Ground Squirrels: 3 Times Animals Ate In Ways We Didn’t Expect

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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome HumansRemote cameras spot Mediterranean monk seals chilling in their underwater bubble cave.

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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome HumansRemote cameras spot Mediterranean monk seals chilling in their underwater bubble cave.
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World's Rarest Piniped Snapped Snoozing In Secret Underwater "Bubble Caves" To Avoid Bothersome Humans

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Forget Cocaine Bear, Researchers Are Using Cocaine Salmon To See How Drugs Affect Animal BehaviourA young salmon in a tank is offered some pills by a researcher.

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Forget Cocaine Bear, Researchers Are Using Cocaine Salmon To See How Drugs Affect Animal BehaviourA young salmon in a tank is offered some pills by a researcher.
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Forget Cocaine Bear, Researchers Are Using Cocaine Salmon To See How Drugs Affect Animal Behaviour

clock-iconApril 20, 2026

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"Even A Severe Impairment Does Not Have To Mean An Animal Won't Succeed”: Despite Having Half A Beak, Bruce The Kea Is The Ringmaster Of His CircusBruce the kea pears out from a branch

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"Even A Severe Impairment Does Not Have To Mean An Animal Won't Succeed”: Despite Having Half A Beak, Bruce The Kea Is The Ringmaster Of His CircusBruce the kea pears out from a branch
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"Even A Severe Impairment Does Not Have To Mean An Animal Won't Succeed”: Despite Having Half A Beak, Bruce The Kea Is The Ringmaster Of His Circus

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“It Was Incredible” – Exploring 60 Years Of Memory, Legacy, And Family In "A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough"close up of the face of a juvenile gorilla, laying its head on its side

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“It Was Incredible” – Exploring 60 Years Of Memory, Legacy, And Family In "A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough"close up of the face of a juvenile gorilla, laying its head on its side
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“It Was Incredible” – Exploring 60 Years Of Memory, Legacy, And Family In "A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough"

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How Do Tarantulas Find Their Way Home? New Study Looks At Spider Navigation In The WildA very large grey tarantula on a rocky background.

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How Do Tarantulas Find Their Way Home? New Study Looks At Spider Navigation In The WildA very large grey tarantula on a rocky background.
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How Do Tarantulas Find Their Way Home? New Study Looks At Spider Navigation In The Wild

clock-iconApril 14, 2026

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Great Crested Grebes Seen Hunting, Drowning, And Consuming Chiffchaffs At Spanish Nature ReserveA great crested grebe rises out of the water with its wings partially outstretched

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Great Crested Grebes Seen Hunting, Drowning, And Consuming Chiffchaffs At Spanish Nature ReserveA great crested grebe rises out of the water with its wings partially outstretched
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Great Crested Grebes Seen Hunting, Drowning, And Consuming Chiffchaffs At Spanish Nature Reserve

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Does Your Cat Never Finish Its Meals? It’s Probably Bored Of The Food You’re ServingCat eating

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Does Your Cat Never Finish Its Meals? It’s Probably Bored Of The Food You’re ServingCat eating
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Does Your Cat Never Finish Its Meals? It’s Probably Bored Of The Food You’re Serving

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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour AscentLots of small, grey-brown fish cling onto a wet cliff face as they attempt to climb up a waterfall using their fins.

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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour AscentLots of small, grey-brown fish cling onto a wet cliff face as they attempt to climb up a waterfall using their fins.
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For First Time, These Tiny Fish Have Been Filmed Climbing Up A Vertical Waterfall In Arduous 10-Hour Ascent

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Never-Before-Seen Unexpected Behavior Recorded In Iberian Lynx As She Takes Prey For A Pre-Dinner BathFour camera trap images of a lynx soaking a rabbit in a water trough.

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Never-Before-Seen Unexpected Behavior Recorded In Iberian Lynx As She Takes Prey For A Pre-Dinner BathFour camera trap images of a lynx soaking a rabbit in a water trough.
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Never-Before-Seen Unexpected Behavior Recorded In Iberian Lynx As She Takes Prey For A Pre-Dinner Bath

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