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marine biology

blenny fish

Life

Wary blenny fish pokes its head out from a Caribbean reef

Blennies are often found camouflaged against rubble patches or lurking in coral. Here, the fish is propping itself up on its fins to scan for danger

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war zone

Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

Features

Australian night parrot

Life

Lazarus species: Five cool animals we wrongly believed extinct

Features

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

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cormorant catching a rainbow trout

Life

Parasite living inside fish eyeball controls its behaviour

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An electron microscope image of a mitochondrion

Life

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

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test tubes

Health

Immune war with donor cells after transplant may wipe out HIV

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silver fox

Life

The continuing mystery behind the cuteness of tame animals

Culture

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

Life

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

Moth master of disguise fools its own predator with spider-like wing pattern, jerky movements and posturing behaviour

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Earth

UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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Life

Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Life

The incredible naked mole rat can survive with hardly any oxygen

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Earth

Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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