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Life

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

It may seem counterintuitive, but trophy hunting leads to a lot of land being protected instead of being used for agriculture or logging – which can ultimately benefit animals

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Chemistry

Crucial chemical for life can form in conditions found on early Earth

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Life

Underwater photo competition showcases stunning images of marine life

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Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

Space

Cosmic dust may have been crucial to the beginnings of life on Earth

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Pitcairn Islands

Environment

What a trip to far-flung islands taught me about protecting our oceans

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Orcas trapped in the ice

Life

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice off Japan

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Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

Environment

Could mysterious marine fungi save us from antibiotic resistance?

Features

Life

Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve

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Life

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

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Space

What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt for alien life

51¶¯Âþs have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target in its search for biosignatures, narrowing down the candidates for those that could host potential extraterrestrial life

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Life

Newborn great white shark possibly seen in the wild for the first time

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Life

Traces of ancient life reveal a 3.4-billion-year-old ecosystem

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Life

Four new octopus species discovered by deep-sea submersible

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Space

Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds

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