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Common toad in Devon, UK. © Mike Hill/Getty

"Despite being decapitated he survived a remarkable 18 months…" 10 headless animals that can survive without their heads — at least for a while

Meet 10 persistent animals that don’t die right away when decapitated…
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Leopard slugs mating.

"In fact it’s highly likely that eyelash mites are having sex on your face right now." Discover 12 fascinating facts you never knew about animal sex

Discover sex's most surprising secrets with science writer Jules Howard.
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When experts tagged diving whales, they discovered something astonishing about their song

For the first time, researchers have matched an entire whale song to an entire dive – and found the song changes in step with what the whale’s body is doing underwater
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Elephant herd

Some animals give each other names, like humans do. Now scientists know why…

From elephants and parrots to dolphins and marmosets, there are plenty of creatures who use naming systems
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A discarded fishing creel or trap is polluting this otherwise clear ocean.  Trapped within are squid eggs and small creatures.  This represents the massive environmental disaster that is Global Ocean Pollution and ‘Ghost Nets’.  Ghost nets or Ghost Gear is one of the largest threats to our ocean ecosystems responsible for the deaths of huge amounts of Marine Life through entanglement and consumption.  Nearby two scuba divers are swimming beneath the water’s surface.  Location is Ko Haa, Andaman Sea, Krabi province, Thailand.

"Once trapped, a dolphin will struggle to escape and could die from suffocation. Even if they escape, the injuries suffered can be catastrophic" 

What are ghost nets? Why do they cause so many problems and can anything done? We talk to the experts to find out
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Do any animals have periods like humans?

Yes some animal species do menstruate and have periods, like humans, says Stuart Blackman
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A critically endangered male red handfish (Thymichthys politus) at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart, Tasmania.

Joel Sartore has photographed 18,000 species. His latest is one of the weirdest and rarest yet

After a decade of photographing animals around the world, Joel Sartore has captured his 18,000th species: the critically endangered red handfish.
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Newborn chick hatching

Can baby birds ‘talk’ to one another inside their eggs?

Newly-hatched chicks make plenty of noises once they’ve hatched, but can they communicate within their eggs?
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Humpback whale tag

When scientists put a camera tag on a whale, they never expected to see this

When NOAA researchers used suction-cup tags to study cetaceans, they caught the incredible moment a whale breached.
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View of the ocean from California

It’s twice the size of Texas, weighs more than 770 twinjets – and contains almost 2 trillion pieces of plastic

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world’s largest accumulation of marine plastic
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Colorful sunset overlooking the Colorado River deep in the Grand Canyon

"Their venom is a highly potent neurotoxin, 15 times more toxic than a rattlesnake’s..." 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Grand Canyon… 

Mountain lions, poisonous lizards and tarantula-eating wasps: introducing the Grand Canyon’s most deadly wildlife
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Fire worm underwater Sea life Scuba diver point of view

"Its bristles are like thousands of tiny, hollow needles poking out of every inch of skin, ready to inject you with neurotoxin that burns like fire for several hours…"

A sting burns like fire and they can turn their throat inside out to gobble down a meal. This is the fireworm
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Watch incredible close-up footage of a giraffe doing the splits just to take a sip of water…

Evolution gave giraffes a 5-metre plumbing problem…
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Pygmy blue whale

Staggering drone footage shows 24m giants speeding through Indonesian waters

Wildlife watchers were lucky enough to be joined by three pygmy blue whales.
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California coastline near San Diego

As a huge storm approached the US coast, California's great white sharks did this

For the first time, scientists have documented what white sharks do when storms are on the way.
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Honey badger.

Is this the world's most aggressive animal? The size of a fox, this badass raids beehives, steals from lions, shrugs off snake venom and never backs down…

Renowned for fighting larger animals, the honey badger (also known as the ratel) is a notorious mammal found across much of Africa and Asia.
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Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus / Python reticulatus) nonvenomous constrictor snake native to South / Southeast Asia with wide open mouth. (Photo by: Philippe Clement/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"Constriction prevents blood from reaching vital organs, including the heart, and that’s why you die…" 5 deadly snakes that can crush and eat people

Being killed and swallowed whole by a snake is the stuff of nightmares, but how likely is it? And what snakes are capable of it?
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5 ancient prehistoric, pioneering human species that once lived alongside us, interacted with us, and -  in some cases - even mated with us…

We may be the only human species alive today, but just a few hundred thousand years ago there was a remarkable diversity of humans living across the world…
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Close-up of a king cobra with hood expanded on rocky ground, showcasing its scales and open mouth.

"It swoops down on its prey and grasps it with claws as it tears off the head…" 7 animals brave enough to take on – and kill – the deadly king cobra

The longest-recorded king cobra was an impressive 5.85 metres long, raising the question, what sort of animal would dare to take one on?
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Rocksucker or giant clingfish (Chorisochismus dentex) on a rock with turquoise water.

It has a built-in suction cup, vampire-like fangs, can swallow its prey whole – and has one very disgusting dining habit

Rocksuckers can swallow limpets whole before later regurgitating the shell
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Hairy anglerfish

“Probably ate it headfirst." Here's what scientists found inside this deep-sea fish’s bulging belly

Researchers at the Natural History Museum wanted to solve the intriguing mystery of what was inside this rare fish’s enormous stomach without cutting it open – here’s how they did it.
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Two wolves

Wolves were the poster child for the ‘alpha male’ concept – until researchers realised they’d got it wrong

Alpha males do exist in the animal kingdom – but not in the species you might think
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Grasshopper mouse hunting

It looks like a mouse but don't be fooled – this is no ordinary mouse. This is one badass, very aggressive rodent that can take on deadly scorpions – and win…

Meet the tiny predator that howls at the moon before striking a deadly attack – discover the deadliest mouse in the world.
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Could any animals survive a nuclear explosion

Would any animals survive a nuclear explosion?

Could any animals survive a nuclear explosion? Ellen Husain investigates
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