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biology

A sea cucumber, Chiridota heheva

Life

Sea cucumber has modified genes to help it live on hydrothermal vents

A sea cucumber called Chiridota heheva lives on deep-sea vents and cold seeps where there is little oxygen, and has evolved to survive in these toxic environments

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Mother and baby Antarctic Fur seals

Life

Antarctic seal numbers rose and fell with climate over 50,000 years

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The leaves and flowers of catnip

Life

We can now bioengineer catnip instead of extracting it from plants

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a lone female ostracod Photeros annecohenae (Anne's sea firefly) releasing bioluminescence. This photo was taken by Elliot Lowndes (https://mrlowndes.com) in our lab, and he should be credited upon use of this photo. This is a composite photo, combining the animal itself and its bioluminescence, taken separately

Life

Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates

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A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

Life

A glimpse at Greenland's deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

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Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

Life

Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

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Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 cells

Life

Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve

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Richard Lewontin

Humans

Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

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Complex social lives of orcas revealed by drone observations

Life

Complex social lives of orcas revealed by drone observations

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Female seahorses cheat on their mate when they can no longer smell him

Life

Female seahorses cheat on their mate when they can no longer smell him

Seahorses usually pair up into monogamous couples, but when females are kept apart from their male partners with a barrier that blocks odour they will mate with another male

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Life

The deep sea hosts twice as many shapes of fish as shallow waters

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Technology

Underwater glue made from silk can cling to surfaces like a barnacle

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Life

Rare video of giant squid reveals it stalks jellyfish in deep water

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Life

Fossil shows a shark eating a proto-squid as it ate a crustacean

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