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'Airborne' elephant dangles from a crane by its feet in award-winning photo
By Aimee Gabay published
"Translocations have come to symbolize the mixed feelings I have about our relationship with the natural world," photographer Marcus Westberg said.
Male monkeys on tiny island have way more sex with each other than females, scientists discover
By Carissa Wong published
The rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago that engaged in same-sex behavior were also found to have more babies, indicating an evolutionary advantage.
Elephants' giant, hot testicles could stop them getting cancer
By Ethan Freedman published
Scientist claims elephants' cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats they live in.
Zoo monkey eats her baby's corpse after carrying it around for days
By Harry Baker published
The mother repeatedly tried to catch the dead infant's gaze before throwing the corpse around her enclosure and eventually devouring it.
See the moment a 28-year-old lab chimp glimpses the open sky for the 1st time
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A heartwarming video shows a 28-year-old captive chimpanzee finally seeing the sky.
Flying squirrels in China have discovered a clever new trick to store nuts for longer
By Carissa Wong published
Two species of tropical flying squirrels have worked out that if they nibble grooves around nuts to store them between tree branches, they are preserved for longer.
Viral video of deer eating a snake isn't as weird as you might think
By Emma Bryce published
Deer are known to behead chicks and chew on their legs and wings. They have also been observed gnawing on bones from decomposing human corpses.
Endangered Masai giraffes may be inbreeding themselves to extinction
By Ethan Freedman published
"Fifty years from now, will there be Masai giraffes? I don't know. I think it's a 50/50 proposition," Douglas Cavener, who has published a new study on the risks facing the species, told Live Science.
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