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Giraffes use 'supercharged' heart
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Giraffes use a small, powerful, supercharged heart to pump blood up the neck to the head, new research reveals.

Mastadon Mammoth dung clue to extinction
A study of mammoth dung is helping unravel the mystery of what caused the great mammals to die out.

Baby ibex Baby ibex's epic struggle to live
Amazing footage of a baby ibex's perilous escape from a fox is captured on film by a BBC natural history cameraman.


IN PICTURES
Tree Frog Darwin photos
The Darwin 200 Photographic Competition.
Fox at Kew Wild at Kew
The animals that call the famous gardens home.
Unknown lightfish species Seamount diary
Animals sighted by a IUCN seamount expedition.

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AROUND THE UK

Film captures rare white deer

'Bumper year' for UK water voles

GPS used to preserve ants' nests

Spot the Crinkly swan

AROUND THE WORLD

DNA helps save rare Darwin bird

Worms made into hermaphrodites

Tuna body shies from fishing ban

Predatory coral eats jellyfish



VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Manta ray and diver Manta ray's secret life revealed

Weedy sea dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) Ghostly 'dance of a sea dragon'
Smalleye stingray First film of a 'giant' stingray

Cape gannets and chick Pelicans filmed gobbling gannets

OTHER TOP STORIES
Common skate Skate may be fished to extinction
The first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing?
Seahorse Seahorse 'hitchhikes' Atlantic
An American seahorse is found in European waters.
A white tiger and cub (file image) Czech zoo lions kill rare tiger
Two lions at a zoo have killed a rare white tigress.
Hatchetfish (Argyropelecus aculeatus) Seamount diary: November 2009
IUCN scientists unveil the mysteries of underwater seamounts.
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