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Why zebras evolved their stripes
A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.
Whales 'stressed by ocean noise'
A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping. BBC News
Corals inflate to escape the sand
Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.
Picture Galleries
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Deep sea discoveries
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Cool elephants
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Garden birdwatch
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New creatures
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Monkey faces
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The rarest cats
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Hawk rescue
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Island food chain
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Seal pup season
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Winning photos
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Big cats at bay
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Niger's Noah's ark
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Turtles in trouble
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British wildlife
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Penguin partners
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Nature captured
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Inside the dragon
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Ocean giants
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Secret mammals
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Anemone v slug
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Lost in time
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Saving seabirds
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Dormouse survey
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Most Wanted
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In bloom
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Top ten new species
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The world's ants captured in 3D
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In pictures: Tulips from Kazakhstan
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Flower power
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Smuggled baby animals are rescued
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England's orchards
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GPS backpacks track NZ hedgehogs
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Beautiful spring bluebells flower
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Spider webs cocoon trees
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New Amazon stingrays discovered
Features
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Snowdrop mania
The modest winter plant that puts other flowers in the shade
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Wild winter
BBC's Winterwatch wants your stories, photos and questions
Snowdrop timelapse
Harlequin invasion
Harris hawk hunting
Great escape
Weather wise
Feeding markers
Fishing fish
Through a glass darklyFrozen Planet season
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Frozen Planet
Frozen Planet takes you on the ultimate polar expedition, bringing to the screen the Arctic and Antarctic as you have never seen them before, and may never see them again...
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Epic wolf hunt
The extraordinary endurance hunting of grey wolves
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Reclusive hunter
The great grey owl travels the frozen taiga in search of prey
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'Criminal' penguins
An Adelie penguin is captured on camera stealing stones from its neighbour's nest
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Amazing orca hunt
A film crew captures footage of what could be the most sophisticated animal hunt known
lemonbalm13 discussing koalas on Twitter“If the koalas need a place to live other than Australia, they can bunk with me. They are so cute:)”
