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Long exposure view of Grj??tagj??, a small lava cave near lake M??vatn in Iceland

Life

Why the underground home of the world’s weirdest wildlife is in danger

Up to 100,000 extraordinary species, from spiders and beetles to salamanders and fish, live in subterranean caves and cracks. They aren’t as safe down there as we thought

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How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe

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Life

Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity

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Sea lion cameras record amazing predator's view of the ocean

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Controversial idea to save corals would replace them with new species

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Earth

Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen

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Life

New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea

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Floating whale carcasses are a problem – can we predict their drift?

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A pygmy blue whale calf drinking its mother's milk

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Blue whale mother caught feeding her calf on video for first time ever

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Life

Could we merge biologically with the fungal network and live forever?

In this week's Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of future inventions, we visit a cult in 2080s Japan that engineered a way of becoming chimeric with fungal biology. Rowan Hooper reveals their history

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Life

Single-celled predator extends its 'neck' with the help of origami

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Health

Asthma treated in mice using offshoot of CAR T-cell cancer therapy

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Life

Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics

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Environment

Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosystems as waters warm

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