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Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

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Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Adrian Tchaikovsky talks aliens, entomology and new book 'Alien Clay'

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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Why an increasing belief in alien visitations is a real-world problem

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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Adrian Tchaikovsky: "Could life have gone any other way?"

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A fluffy longhorn beetle

Life

A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

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2FYMTPP Pacific Ring of Fire, illustration

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Exoplanet plate tectonics: A new frontier in the hunt for alien life

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Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right

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Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground

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Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

In the first hearing test of live baleen whales, the animals detected much higher frequency sounds than expected, forcing researchers to reconsider how these mammals respond to predators – and humans

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Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

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Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

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The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

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Space

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

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