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Big cat kill caught on BBC webcam
BBC webcams in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve catch some remarkable pictures of lions in action.
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Brazil's air force picks up hundreds of lost penguins
Hundreds of penguins lost along Brazil's coast are returned to native territory in the south Atlantic ocean by an air force plane.
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Help red squirrels, public urged
Conservationists urge the public to report sightings of red squirrels in an attempt to protect them from a deadly virus.
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Lord Drayson takes science brief
Racing driver and businessman Lord Drayson becomes the UK's third science minister in two years.
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Seed bank 'running out of funds'
Groundbreaking projects at the Millennium Seed Bank could be axed because of a £100m shortfall.
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Rare insect found safe on beach
One of the UK's rarest insects has been rediscovered on the beach where debris from the MSC Napoli was washed up.
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Greens welcome new climate dept
Green groups welcome the creation of a new energy and climate department in Gordon Brown's government reshuffle.
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The 'knot' so astonishing research honoured with Ig Nobel Prizes
Why wires tie themselves in knots and other astonishing research are honoured with Ig Nobel Prizes.
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Colonial clue to the rise of HIV
The arrival of colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa at the dawn of the 20th Century may have sparked the spread of HIV.
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New twist in brain obesity riddle
The discovery of another way in which the body appears to control how much it eats could shed fresh light on obesity.
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Sick leave 'link to early death'
Staff missing work for psychiatric reasons face twice the risk of death from cancer as healthier people, a study suggests.
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UK urged to fund climate project
Industry calls on the UK government to invest more in Kopernikus, the world's biggest environmental monitoring project.
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Black rhinos released into wild
For the first time in more than 25 years, captive-bred black rhinos are released back into the wild.
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Lab animal pain 'needs detailing'
The suffering of lab animals must be recorded individually, say government advisory groups
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Galileo satellite 'working well'
The European Space Agency says its satellite-navigation demonstration satellite is performing well after an anomaly took it offline for two weeks.
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