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1. Largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants

   Analysis of footprints evidences unique Sauropod 'roll'

2. Genetics plays huge part in animal migration - study

   Reindeer from one 'genetic ancestry' travel ten times further on average than others

3. Professor's shock at destruction of Earth's habitats

   Leading primatologist Serge Wich has expressed his shock after contributing to research which suggests only 3% of the world's land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals.

4. English all at sea over fish identification - try our 'Name That Tuna' quiz

   Lack of consumer awareness makes conservation of fish stocks more challenging - research

5. The tropical birds that hang out with the right-looking guys

   In the world of rare tropical birds, hanging out with guys with the right looks can be the difference between life or death.

6. Microplastic pollution threatens hermit crab populations

   New research from Queens University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University reveals how the microplastic pollution crisis is threatening biodiversity.

7. Molecular 'track-and-trace' of ocean life outperforms traditional fish and marine surveys

   Scientists who track-and-trace fish for a living claim that analysing seawater can tell us the richest story of what lies beneath the waves.

8. Great apes predicted to lose 90% of African homelands, study finds

   A triple-whammy of climate change, land-use change and human population growth is set to decimate the habitats of Africas great apes gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos over the coming 30 years.

9. Major study of Cold War waste finds uranium 'largely inert'

   The threat to the environment posed by uranium left over from the Cold War may be less severe than feared, according to a field study led by Liverpool John Moores University.

10. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

    New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.