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Danio rerio (Zebrafish)

Even without lungs, zebrafish help us study TB

25 Nov 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Z is for...

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How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries

18 Nov 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Y is for Yak...

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What is so unusual about a sloth’s neck?

11 Nov 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, X is for...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥'Pevensey whale'

A whale’s remarkable journey from Sussex to Cambridge

04 Nov 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, W is for...

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Skull of Bitus arietans –  or Puff Adder – from the family Viperidae

How snake bites could help prevent heart attacks

28 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, V is for...

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Caesar's Horse from a Triumph of Caesar, 1514. Maiolica dish after Jacopo di Stefano Schiavone

What is a unicorn’s horn made of?

21 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, U is for...

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Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devils and the transmissible cancer that threatens their extinction

14 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, T is for...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Magic Apple Tree by Samuel Palmer

Here’s looking at ewe: Samuel Palmer and his watercolour sheep

07 Oct 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, S is for...

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Illustration of Peter Rabbit from  ̽»¨Ö±²¥Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit

30 Sep 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, R is for...

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Bombus pascuorum

̽»¨Ö±²¥Life and Death of the Queen Bumblebee

23 Sep 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Q is for...

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A toy spaniel, a Pomeranian and a Maltese terrier at a basket – Oil on Canvas by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wegener 1855

Are you a dog-person, a cat-person, or a bear-person?

16 Sep 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, P is for Pet...

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Small Owl from Ornithologia libri tres by Francis Willughby

̽»¨Ö±²¥owl and the wind turbine: how stealth feathers could help reduce noise pollution

09 Sep 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, O is for Owl...

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