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A tiny GPS tracker attached to a European honey buzzard revealed an extraordinary feat of endurance that few humans could match. Over 42 days, the bird travelled more than 10,000 km from its wintering grounds in South Africa to its breeding habitat in Finland, crossing deserts, mountain ranges and numerous countries along the way.

Scientists painted black cows with white stripes to test whether zebra markings deter biting flies, and the results offered a striking clue about one of nature's most debated patterns. A field experiment in Japan found that cattle painted with zebra-like stripes attracted around half as many biting flies as unpainted animals.

Far below the Arctic Ocean surface, beyond the reach of sunlight and largely untouched by human observation, a month-long expedition has been documenting a world that few people have ever seen. Scientists working aboard a Greenpeace research mission used remotely operated vehicles to explore seamounts, hydrothermal vents and deep seabed habitats off Norway's coast, recording marine life living at depths of up to 3,000 metres.The footage gathered during the voyage arrives at a time when Norway remains at the centre of an international debate over deep-sea mining.

River dams have long been blamed for disrupting the movements of fish, and not just the marine species; they can also cause serious obstacles for other freshwater wildlife. One such victim of river dams is the Japanese Giant Salamander, which is one of the largest amphibians and a species designated as a Special Natural Monument in Japan.

For years, Neanderthals have been described as robust cousins of humans who evolved to endure the harsh climate of Ice Age Europe and western Asia. However, new research suggests that the differences between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens began to appear far earlier than scientists once believed.

There is a small patch of woodland in western Poland where the landscape quietly breaks expectations. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary pine forest, but after walking a few steps further, the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.

A vast pool of abnormally warm water is gathering strength across the tropical Pacific, and the world's best climate models now agree: El Nino is not only back, it is turbocharged.

Picture a trip to Fiji. The first thing to come to mind would be the image of white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees, and a colourful ecosystem of fish swimming through colourful corals.

Millions of years ago, our remote ancestors moved through prehistoric environments from a much smaller physical starting point. The evolutionary process that turned early hominins into upright humans is one of the most fascinating stories in biology.