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'Animals were imprisoned in jails where humans were incarcerated': The bizarre trials of the Late Middle Ages — and surprising lack of criminal cats3 Comments -
'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse3 Comments
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Bruce the parrot is missing his upper beak — but that hasn't stopped him from becoming an undefeated jousting championA kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that has made him unbeatable.
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Naked mole rats wage bloody wars of succession to choose a new queen — but one colony did something scientists have never seen beforeWhen their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests
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Can chickens really run around with their heads cut off?There's lore about chickens surviving from seconds to months after their heads are chopped off, but what does the science say?
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New study confirms lobsters feel pain, driving scientists to call for a ban on boiling them aliveA new study adds to the growing body of evidence that lobsters feel pain, with the crustaceans seemingly responding to electrical shocks with emotional distress.
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Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs — and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinctionUsing synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal Lystrosaurus laid eggs, which answers a key question about mammalian evolution.
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Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly 80 years in museum basementDuring the Triassic, a newly described species related to modern crocodiles and alligators stalked prey on land, not the water, a new study finds.
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'More questions than answers': Experts baffled by Alaskan mammal-eating orcas spotted near SeattleThree orcas from Alaska surfaced in the waters between Washington state and Canada in March, an area where they've never been documented.
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Chimpanzees in Uganda are locked in a deadly 'civil war' after their group split apart — and scientists don't know whyThe first well-observed "civil war" in wild chimpanzees reveals that shifting social ties alone can fracture a group, igniting deadly conflict between former friends.
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World's fattest parrot — on the verge of extinction 30 years ago — has record-breaking breeding seasonConservationists are celebrating the 105th kākāpō chick to hatch during the 2026 breeding season — the highest number reported since such records began 30 years ago.
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