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Wolf stealing underwater crab traps caught on camera for the first time — signalling 'new dimension' in their behaviorA video has revealed never-before-seen behaviors in wolves that could mark the first case of tool use in a wild member of the wolf and dog family — and it was all for some crab bait.
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A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discoverA deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and food — does it show why humans go to war?
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Why do some cat siblings look so different?Normally, siblings resemble each other. So why does a litter of kittens often come in a variety of colors?
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Scientists discover new type of lion roarResearchers used artificial intelligence to analyze more than 3,000 recordings of African lions and found that the animals have an "intermediate" roar as well as a "full-throated" roar.
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'A forest with bonobos has never been so quiet': Most extreme case of violence in 'hippie' species recorded, with females ganging up on male in unprecedented attackFemale bonobos routinely form coalitions to stamp out threats from males, but the level of violence in this attack was unprecedented.
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Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study findsScientists traced kissing back to a primate ancestor that lived around 21 million years ago.
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Can you speak cat? Scientists develop quiz that reveals how well you understand our feline friendsOpinion Cats are excellent at communicating, but humans still routinely misunderstand them.
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Chimps 'think about thinking' in order to weigh evidence and plan their actions, new research suggestsChimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows.
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Lab monkeys on the loose in Mississippi don't have herpes, university says. But are they dangerous?Authorities have killed several lab monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck in Mississippi. The rhesus macaques were initially thought to be diseased and dangerous, but that's not necessarily the case.
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