Banyan: What the trials of migratory birds say about Asia’s development
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View ArticleMoth-eaten: Plastic-eating caterpillars could save the planet
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View ArticleBabbage: Podcast: When cars fly
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View ArticleThe Economist explains: The impact of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef
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View ArticleNo place for animals: The sad state of Egypt’s zoos
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View ArticlePining for better days in the fjords: Norway’s wolves are being hunted; its...
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View ArticlePink and imperilled: Megaprojects threaten Hong Kong’s iconic dolphins
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View ArticleCompetition between the sexes: Male and female beetles fight over penis spines
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View ArticleIn praise of pachyderms: Conserve elephants. They hold a scientific mirror up...
Print section Print Rubric: Conserving elephants is worthwhile not only for its own sake, but also because they are animals that hold a scientific mirror up to human beings Print...
View ArticleZoonotic disease: Whence new plagues?
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View ArticleOn the cusp: How whales started filtering food from the sea
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View ArticleBuzz kill: Neonicotinoids can harm some bees
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View ArticlePampered pooches at JFK: Luxury travel for your pet
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View ArticleGene drives: A promising means of pest control meets some evolutionary truths
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View ArticleA fishy game of tag: How species originate
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View ArticlePreserving rare species: A wild idea about paying for conservation
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View ArticleThe challenge of raising rats: The grasscutter shows why it is hard to stop...
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View ArticleBullish on bears: The giant panda is on a bit of a roll
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View ArticleLapping up lapin: Venezuela’s war on cuteness
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View ArticleClean energy and ecology: Offshore wind farms will change life in the sea
Print section Print Rubric: Offshore wind farms are spreading. That will change life in the sea Print Headline: Flexing the mussels Print Fly Title: Clean energy and...
View ArticleThe human touch: Not just another film about Jane Goodall
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View ArticleFishing and sperm whales: After years of persecution, whales are getting...
Print section Print Rubric: After years being hunted by fishermen, whales have now become the hunters Print Headline: Getting their own back Print Fly Title: Fishing and...
View ArticlePalaeontology: One species of dinosaur wore a bandit mask
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View ArticleEvolutionary biology: A bird’s alarm calls do not always come out of its beak
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View ArticleSomeone to watch over them: Electronic surveillance may save the rhino
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