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We share the planet with a variety of species - on land, at sea and in the air. In case you missed them, here’s a selection of some of our best read articles on the world’s creatures.
Some are tiny, like the adaptive little fruit fly Christopher Weldon describes. Others are apex predators, like the white sharks Alison Kock and her colleagues studied to reach a deeper understanding about how they live and about their ecosystems. And, elsewhere in our special newsletter, Julien Benoit turns his attention to some of the creatures that aren’t around anymore - extinct elephant species.
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Even leopards get stressed sometimes.
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Andrea Webster, University of Pretoria
A new way for leopard biologists to monitor this elusive and iconic species has been developed.
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Creature features
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Christopher Weldon, University of Pretoria
The Mediterranean fruit fly can evolve rapidly to different environmental conditions, this suggests it will be well suited to cope with climate change.
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Julien Benoit, University of the Witwatersrand
DNA studies reveal that African elephants belong to a very successful and widespread family.
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Les Underhill, University of Cape Town
There are hundreds of variations on the basic 'flavour' of bird migration.
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Alison Kock, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
If sharks habitats aren't known, it's harder to conserve either the animals or those habitats.
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