The life of a 166-million-year-old reptile has been turned upside down. While Marmoretta oxoniensis was believed to have swum in ancient lagoons, new research reveals it spent its time climbing trees instead.

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22.04.2025

How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice

If there were a contest for the biggest female bullies in the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. In these distant primate cousins, it's the ladies who call the shots, relying on physical aggression to get their way and keep males in line.

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22.04.2025

For the first time, wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing 'boozy' fruit

A research team led by the University of Exeter set up cameras in Guinea-Bissau's Cantanhez National Park. Footage of chimps sharing fermented African breadfruit—confirmed to contain ethanol (alcohol)—raises fascinating questions about if and why chimps deliberately seek out alcohol.

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22.04.2025

A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size—from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle.

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Early British lizard relative among the first known to climb trees

How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice

For the first time, wild chimpanzees have been pictured eating and sharing 'boozy' fruit

A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

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