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A bronze T. rex skeleton at the Museum of the Rockies, Montana (Credit: Alamy)
Dinosaur

The mystery of how dinosaurs had sex

By Zaria Gorvett

When pistol shrimps snap their claws, they can create the loudest sound made by any creature on Earth (Credit: Paul Starosta/Getty Images)
Inner Space
Why the navy is eavesdropping on shrimp
By David Hambling
White-spotted pufferfish (Credit: Andrey Nekrasov/Getty Images)
Uniquely Human
The animals that create art
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
The forest elephant is found across the central African rainforest, where it disrupts vegetation growth (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
The forest tended by an elusive giant
By Isabelle Gerretsen
A close up of a huntsman spider's hairy face (Credit: Alamy)
Psychology
The reasons we casually kill spiders
By Zaria Gorvett
World's most expensive dog (Credit: EPA)
Animal
The extreme prices paid for animals
By Richard Fisher
The sea otter has an outsized effect on its ecosystem, helping it to absorb more carbon from the atmosphere (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
How sea otters can fight climate change
By Ula Chrobak
Snowshoe hares show changes in their behaviour and brain chemistry that appear similar to PTSD in humans (Credit: Jim Cumming/Getty Images)
Psychology
Do animals suffer from PTSD?
By Sharon Levy
Person holding dog's head (Credit: Alexandr Zotov/Getty Images)
Animal
How human proximity changed animals
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
With their unusually long necks, giraffes need to maintain extraordinarily high blood pressure – how do they do it without falling ill? (Credit: Getty Images)
Animal
The animal defying high blood pressure
By Bob Holmes
Monkeys eating on beach (Credit: Urs Flueeler/EyeEm/Getty Images)
Animal
How primates 'rafted' to success
Cats, it appears, aren't that choosy about who they will accept a treat off (Credit: Danielle Donders/Getty Images)
Psychology
One crucial skill cats haven’t learned
By Ali Boyle
Cat being stroked (Credit: Getty Images)
Ask a Stupid Question
Why do we think cats are unfriendly?
By Stephen Dowling
Wild bees are suddenly experiencing favourable conditions during lockdown, as pollution, road traffic and flower-cutting slows (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
How lockdown is helping bees
By Isabelle Gerretsen
Smaller dogs tend to live a lot longer than larger breeds, which suggests they age at a slower rate (Credit: Getty Images)
Animal
The truth about dog years
By Christian Yates
Crow looking at camera (Credit: Getty Images)
Wildlife
The curious intelligence of crows
By Chris Baraniuk