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Reconstruction painting of the track maker Credit: Marcin Ambrozik

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Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the earliest known instance of animals emerging from the water to live on land

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A juvenile chimpanzee drumming in Bossou, Guinea

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Chimps share 'building blocks of musical rhythm' with humans

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What if we could experience life as another species?

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What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out

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What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out

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How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years without going blind

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A six-and-a-half-centimetre snail is one of the rarest animals at the park. The Giant Magnolia Snail had been thought to have been extinct before living specimens were found in southern Vietnam in 2012.Classified as critically endangered, there are thought to be as few as 300 of the left coiling snail in the world with eight at Longleat and just 56 in European zoos and Safari Parks. Keeper Samantha Peeke has been ensuring they settle in and the snails will soon be able to be seen in the Animal Adventure area of the Park.?They are kept in a sterile environment to protect them, and each has an ID tag. We are hoping they will start breeding which will be incredible for the species. Tom_Anders_GiantSnail

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A giant snail that lives up to its name

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Swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight chasing a Tsetse fly (Glossina sp.), Kenya, Africa.

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Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life

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Our wounds heal slower than the cuts and scrapes of other primates

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Dire wolf 'de-extinction' criticised by conservation group

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Puppy intelligence tests can predict how dogs will turn out as adults

Puppies’ performance in cognitive tests at 3 to 7 months old can give a strong indication of their personalities and trainability as adults

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Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned since the 1980s

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AI-powered chilli spray could deter bears without injuring them

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What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us

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Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies

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