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Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.
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Science newsPenguins and albatrosses have a ‘touch sensor’ in their beak
Some seabirds might have a ‘sixth sense’ at the end of their beak, new research reveals.
18 September 2024 -
BiodiversityWhat is a species, and how many species are there?
Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.
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NewsNew species of ancient thylacines are the oldest ever found
Fossils discovered in northern Australia mark the beginning of a 25-million-year-old family.
12 September 2024 -
Science newsScientists propose changing bird’s problematic name
Researchers have proposed changing the common name of the flesh-footed shearwater.
5 September 2024
