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Danio rerio (Zebrafish)

Even without lungs, zebrafish help us study TB

25 Nov 2015
The 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
The 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
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, X is for...
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The 'Pevensey whale'

A whale’s remarkable journey from Sussex to Cambridge

04 Nov 2015
The 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
The 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
The 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
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, T is for...
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The Magic Apple Tree by Samuel Palmer

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

07 Oct 2015
The 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 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

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

30 Sep 2015
The 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

The Life and Death of the Queen Bumblebee

23 Sep 2015
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Q is for...
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