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For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

One animal’s loss is a gain for hungry creatures with a taste for decay

FRESHWATER FISHES CAN be described as the “forgotten vertebrates.” Despite representing more than half of all fish species, they rarely feature in mainstream conservation. And even within this overloo

How dead plants and animals decay, and how living organisms rely on this natural process to survive