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Seamount diary: November 2009
Lobster larva
IUCN scientists sail into the southern Indian Ocean to unveil the mysteries of little-explored underwater seamounts.

Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) Grandmother monkeys care for baby
Grandmother macaques care for their abandoned grandchildren, behaviour not recorded before in non-human primates.

Greater one-horned rhino and calf In Pictures: Rhino comeback
Nepal’s greater one-horned rhino population is making a comeback, after being protected by elephant-riding guards.


IN PICTURES
Phronima species Seamount diary
This week's weird and wonderful sightings.
Red deer stag (S. Rowley) Urban red deer
Photographer goes on the trail of urban deer populations.
Tree Frog Darwin photos
The Darwin 200 Photographic Competition.

MORE STORIES
AROUND THE UK

Appeal over missing Darwin notes

Film captures rare white deer

'Bumper year' for UK water voles

GPS used to preserve ants' nests

AROUND THE WORLD

Skate may be fished to extinction

Czech zoo lions kill rare tiger

DNA helps save rare Darwin bird

Worms made into hermaphrodites



VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
An octupus New species found in deep sea

Smalleye stingray First film of a 'giant' stingray
Baby ibex Baby ibex's epic struggle to live

Cape gannets and chick Pelicans filmed gobbling gannets

OTHER TOP STORIES
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart
Giraffes use a small, supercharged heart to pump blood up their neck.
Orange clown fish Fish 'at risk' in acidified ocean
Fish face a deadly threat from water acidified by CO2.
Mastadon Mammoth dung clue to extinction
Can mammoth dung explain why the great mammals died out?
Seahorse Seahorse 'hitchhikes' Atlantic
An American seahorse is found in European waters.
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Why did the macaque cross the road?
Charmed by a black bear
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