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“Albatross!” The legendary giant seabird

“Albatross!” The legendary giant seabird

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Lord Byron and the bears beneath Cambridge

Lord Byron and the bears beneath Cambridge

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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University of Cambridge
Food poisoning: the bacteria lurking in your chicken

Food poisoning: the bacteria lurking in your chicken

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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University of Cambridge
Where to find a dragon in Cambridge

Where to find a dragon in Cambridge

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years

Elephants and humans: a love affair over 1300 years

Here, E is for Elephant: an animal that takes pride of place in the Parker Library’s manuscripts, is frequently in conflict with people in…
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How close are you to a fruit fly?

How close are you to a fruit fly?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Going to the dogs: the 500-year old greyhounds of King’s and the fight against cancer

Going to the dogs: the 500-year old greyhounds of King’s and the fi...

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Would you place a Grand National bet on a Shetland pony?

Would you place a Grand National bet on a Shetland pony?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Iggy the Iguanodon and the 160-year-old dinosaur song

Iggy the Iguanodon and the 160-year-old dinosaur song

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Jays: the birds that can talk like humans

Jays: the birds that can talk like humans

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Why does the kingfisher have blue feathers?

Why does the kingfisher have blue feathers?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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What limpets can tell us about life on Mesolithic Oronsay

What limpets can tell us about life on Mesolithic Oronsay

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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What’s the point of midges — and how do you stop them biting?

What’s the point of midges — and how do you stop them biting?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Naked Mole-Rats: are these rodents immune to cancer?

Naked Mole-Rats: are these rodents immune to cancer?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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The owl and the wind turbine: how stealth feathers could help reduce noise pollution

The owl and the wind turbine: how stealth feathers could help reduc...

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Are you a dog-person, a cat-person, or a bear-person?

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

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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University of Cambridge
The Life and Death of the Queen Bumblebee

The Life and Death of the Queen Bumblebee

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Bunnies in children’s books: from Alice in Wonderland to Peter Rabbit

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

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Here’s looking at ewe: Samuel Palmer and his watercolour sheep

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

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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Tasmanian Devils and the transmissible cancer that threatens their extinction

Tasmanian Devils and the transmissible cancer that threatens their ...

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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What is a unicorn’s horn made of?

What is a unicorn’s horn made of?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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How snake bites could help prevent heart attacks

How snake bites could help prevent heart attacks

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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A whale’s remarkable journey from Sussex to Cambridge

A whale’s remarkable journey from Sussex to Cambridge

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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University of Cambridge
What is so unusual about a sloth’s neck?

What is so unusual about a sloth’s neck?

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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University of Cambridge
How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries

How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society.
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