Could a human have a blood transfusion from a chimpanzee?
If animals have different blood types, then can they be used in blood transfusions? Humans...
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Biologists stuck a camera on a sea turtle – and it filmed this
TurtleCams are helping marine researchers learn more about the lives of sea turtles as they cruise...
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The world’s longest venomous snake and a creature that smells like popcorn – meet 9 animals living in the wettest place on Earth
This remarkable place has a remarkable amount of rainfall. And as a result, the forests around it...
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It’s almost twice the size of Washington state and stretches 18 miles down into the Earth’s crust – and it’s underwater too
What’s the largest volcano on Earth? Well, scientists don’t think that it’s on land at all… Andrew...
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It’s larger than Japan, more than 1km deep and borders 5 countries – and is home to a unique seal population
Why is the world’s largest lake called a sea?(Japan) Alireza Akhlaghi/Getty Images ...
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It’s taller than Big Ben, can live for thousands of years and even regenerates after an entire forest burns down
Did you know the tallest tree species in the world can grow to more than 100 metres? Learn all...
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They’re older than dinosaurs, look a bit like aliens and eat almost anything they can find – and scientists just found them in Colombian waters
These researchers captured photos that wouldn’t look out of place in an art gallery and used them...
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Does a tree know it’s being eaten?
Can a tree protect itself if being eaten? From roots to canopy, many trees can indeed tell...
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It’s more than twice the size of Texas and moves 800m a year – and it’s almost 2,000m deep
What’s the largest glacier in the world? The answer depends on how you measure it. (Texas) ...
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Weighing a tonne and packed with hundreds of rooms – each home to a family — it can house a staggering 500 households. Is this the ultimate apartment block?
It’s the heaviest, largest, most densely populated bird nest… that’s been built and extended...
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“It has ventilation systems, food storage, nurseries, toilets and highways” – 11 animals that build villages, towns and even cities
It’s not just humans that build villages – so do other animals. And they can be so enormous...
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What is ivory and is it any different to bone? And is it just elephants that have ivory?
What is ivory? Is it just elephants that have ivory? JV Chamary explains all you need to know...
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It can be seen from space and contains a staggering two hundred million mounds, each one nine metres across and two and a half metres tall
Are termites the best builders in the business?(space) They may be little, but they build...
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Tiny mammal the weight of a sugar cube discovered in Ethiopian highlands – and it’s totally new to science
One of the world’s smallest mammals has been discovered – and it weighs just 3g. ...
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Meet the world’s deadliest rat, which can kill an elephant with one bite
Predators beware! The world’s deadliest rat carries enough toxin to kill an elephant Did you know...
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Deep-sea vessel discovers primitive creature “barely changed since the age of the dinosaurs” after 15-year quest
The strange marine animal – spotted at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean – is rarely photographed,...
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Do animals cross breed with other species in the wild? How and why interbreeding between different species happens
We may think of cross-breeding as something that just happens with domestic animals, but it can...
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13 animals named after celebrities, from pop royalty to kings
One of the benefits of discovering a new species is the opportunity to name it, and many...
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30 of the new species discovered so far this year
From a millipede named after Taylor Swift and a tree named after Leonardo DiCaprio to a...
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