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marine life

Life

Sea cucumbers surprise scientists with spectacular light show

Ten sea cucumber species have been found to emit light for the first time, and researchers predict 200 more deep-sea species in this group could be bioluminescent

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Orca and fishing boats in the Straits of Gibraltar, Europe

Life

Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

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Adult patiria starfish

Life

Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

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Environment

Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

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An illustration of the early surface of Earth with a volcano erupting in the background.

Life

How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all

Features

Life

Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

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Planet Earth III book - page 11 The sharks, though, are in for a surprise because the adult seals mob them instead of fleeing (opposite bottom).

Life

See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

Regulars

A volunteer from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund with one of the escapee salmon

Life

On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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A male lion and a cub

Life

Do animals know that sex leads to babies?

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Environment

Warm seas blamed for the disappearance of 10 billion snow crabs

The population of snow crabs in the Bering Sea has crashed since 2018, probably due to starvation as a result of a marine heatwave

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Life

Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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Earth

Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms

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Life

Jellyfish can learn from experience even though they lack a brain

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Life

The strange plant that just might be the worst smell on the planet

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