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14 of the biggest birds on EarthReference From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.
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4 snow leopards spotted together on remote Pakistan mountain in rare footageAfter spotting pawprints for two weeks, a gamekeeper and photographer in Pakistan caught a rare glimpse of a family of four snow leopards.
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a grounds off South Atlantic wildlife havenThe world's largest iceberg has run aground just off the coast of South Georgia. But what does this mean for the wildlife there?
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Killer squirrels have developed taste for flesh — and voles are running for their livesGround squirrels have turned into carnivorous killers in a local park after vole numbers exploded in Contra Costa County, California.
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Orca gang develops brutal hunting strategy to take on the world's largest shark — 'This is a fascinating behaviour'The orca attacks appear to be led by a large adult male, suggesting that he may be leading the charge on this predatory behavior.
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Octopuses burn more calories changing color than you use on a 25-minute runFor the first time ever, marine biologists have measured how much energy octopuses really need to change color — and it's a lot.
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Wild animals that experience trauma are half as likely to survive, study findsNew research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.
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Rat poison is ripping through the food chain, threatening predators at the very topRat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves.
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How many animal species have humans driven to extinction?Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused.
