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Mar. 13, 2025 — A recent study has reclassified the species commonly known as the Javan rhinoceros, proposing a more precise scientific name: Eurhinoceros sondaicus. The research highlights key ...

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Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".

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The animals have always been on the Island, but "over the last decade or so their population has grown substantially." ...

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