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Hammerhead sharks clamp their gills shut to stay warm on deep dives

Even for cold-blooded sharks, the deep ocean is frigid. To tolerate low temperatures as they dive for deep-water squid, scalloped hammerheads close their gills

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A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks off Hawai?i Island

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Bison lick each other's wounds after a traumatic experience

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Photographs of communal wound licking by (a) an adult female and adult male bison (Bison bison) and (b) an adult male bison, on two different GPS-collared bison in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, on 28 September 2022.

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Apes have the same willingness to share food as small children

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Portrait of family of a Chimpanzee bonobo ( Pan paniscus). Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa

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Animal deaths on UK roads fell sharply during covid-19 lockdowns

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Bird flu has killed 20 critically endangered California condors

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early summer morning Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis) in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada; Shutterstock ID 1566601432; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Wildfires have drastically reduced lynx habitat in Washington state

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

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Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Searching for the stars near my hometown, Pollachi, led me to the forests of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve. As I moved away from towns and their lights, the darker it got, the more I could see - fireflies, stars. I was fascinated when I saw hundreds of fireflies flashing at the edge of the forest and heard stories of trees laden with fireflies deep in the forest. Predicting the time of their peak activity, I set out to a remote area of the reserve along with forest officials. I waited for nightfall in anxiety. Flashes of green started appearing at twilight. As the place grew dark, millions of fireflies started synchronizing their flashes across several trees. Flashes started in one tree and continued across several trees in a mexican-wave like fashion. It lasted all night. I felt transported to another planet. Being under a sky full of stars, with fireflies flashing in the foreground, owls and other nocturnal creatures calling at a distance, Elephants and Leopards lurking around the corner, this was Nature as our ancestors experienced. The image, created by stacking several photographs, shows a 16 minute activity of the fireflies. ? Sriram Murali, India, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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See our pick of the entries for the Sony World Photography Awards

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Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature

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Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature

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Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons

Elastic tendons let seahorses suck in water around eight times faster than they could using muscle power alone

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Seahorses use a spring motion to quickly capture their food

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Sandgrouse have a special trick for carrying water to their fledglings

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Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’re scared

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Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

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Stunning photographs accompany Attenborough's Wild Isles show

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