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Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

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Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

Rays, and possibly sharks, could suffer reproductive loss from being dragged around by fishing nets before being released

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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A dusky rabbitfish

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Tiny invasive sea creatures hitch a ride in rabbitfish guts

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Polar bear eating eggs

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Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

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lionfish

Life

Hear the roar of the lionfish recorded for the first time

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blenny fish

Life

Wary blenny fish pokes its head out from a Caribbean reef

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war zone

Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

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Australian night parrot

Life

Lazarus species: Five cool animals we wrongly believed extinct

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Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

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Parasitic robot controls turtle it’s riding by giving it snacks

Life

Parasitic robot controls turtle it’s riding by giving it snacks

Natural selection has created amazingly effective ways to move around. Robots could harness this by hitching a ride on biology’s back

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Life

Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour

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The energy generators inside our cells reach a sizzling 50°C

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Health

Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV

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The continuing mystery behind the cuteness of tame animals

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