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marine biology

crab claw

Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

Jean Painlevé was using films and stills to share his passion for marine life with French audiences long before David Attenborough's TV documentaries

Regulars

São Tomé grosbeak

Life

World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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The new cavefish

Life

First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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A badger burying a cow

Life

Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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sawfish

Life

Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

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A breast cancer cell

Health

Is most cancer just random bad luck? No, lifestyle matters a lot

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Dinosaur skeletons

Life

First dinosaurs may have been omnivores in the north hemisphere

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guppies

Life

Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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A tardigrade, or water bear

Life

Tardigrades turn into glass to survive complete dehydration

Water bears make unique jelly proteins that form a glass-like cocoon to protect them from drought. The find could one day help make drought resistant crops

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Life

How did the zebra get its stripes?

Culture

Life

Plants have evolved a taste for sand that deters hungry insects

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Life

Luminous frog is the first known naturally fluorescent amphibian

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Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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