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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

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The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch

To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his many amazing documentaries...

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New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends New York's Bone Museum and Gecko Gallery

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New ¾«¶«´«Ã½ recommends New York's Bone Museum and Gecko Gallery

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2M3EH4G A recreation of various fighting dinosaurs. Detail of a diorama at the Gorodskoy Muzey, Museum, in Temirtau, Kazakhstan.

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Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought

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Scorpions reinforce their claws and stingers with metals

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Chimpanzee group's violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war

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Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline

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Surprise fossil discoveries push back the evolution of complex animals

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Bumblebees surprise scientists by showing a sense of rhythm

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What to read this week: Lixing Sun's ambitious On the Origin of Sex

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Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they mostly use for sex

The third right arm of male octopuses has a specialised role in mating, and the creatures take extra care to avoid damaging it or losing it to a predator

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First glimpse of sperm whale birth reveals teamwork to support newborn

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Fossils discovered in Egypt may be the closest ancestor of all apes

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A variety of jungle animals all use one type of tree as a latrine

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Rare Andean bear captured in stunning photograph

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