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The Longest Lives: Why Some Animals Defy the Clock
A clam that lived for centuries and a whale that may outlast two human lifetimes are forcing scientists to rethink the biology of ageing.
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Science from across the animal world.
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Clever Beasts: Animal Intelligence and the Surprising Reach of Tool Use
Crows that bend wire into hooks and octopuses that carry shelters reveal that sophisticated problem-solving is far more widespread than once believed.
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The Art of Disappearing: The Science of Animal Camouflage
From insects that mimic dead leaves to cephalopods that change their skin in an instant, camouflage is nature's most refined visual deception.
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A Sixth Sense: How Animals Navigate by the Earth's Magnetic Field
From migrating songbirds to ocean-crossing turtles, countless animals read an invisible map written in magnetism, and science is only beginning to understand how.
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The Long Sleep: How Hibernation Rewrites the Rules of Life
Hibernating animals slow their bodies to the edge of stillness, and in doing so reveal astonishing truths about physiology, survival and even human medicine.