spinifex grass in Australia
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The Martu people of Western Australia burn their land to help plants grow
First Nations people in Australia, like the Martu, have been using cultural burning to manage land, plants, and animals for thousands of years.
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Meet Djoko, Indonesia’s champion frog explorer
Djoko has waded through marshes, hiked forests, ascended peaks, tracked rivers, and led expeditions in search of new frogs!
a bioluminescent beetle
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Brazil’s bioluminescent insects are under threat
Habitat loss and pesticides are a problem for bioluminescent insects like fireflies. And scientists worry that light pollution may be a threat to them too.
Happy chimps
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Great apes may tease each other, just like humans
A group of scientists has found evidence that our great ape relatives tease each other by poking, hitting or pulling on a body part in playful ways.
The first asynchronous roboflapper, built at the size of an actual insect
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Roboinsect helps scientists understand how insect flight evolved 
Insects have two ways of flying, synchronous and asynchronous. Scientists built a robotic insect model to test how the two ways of flying might have evolved.
May environmental dates

Tapir time! Can you spot the 10 differences?

tapir puzzle
tapir puzzle