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marine life

A soldierfish with its lachrymal sabre ready for combat

Life

These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

We've only just discovered that many stonefish can flip out a spiny bone in their faces when predators attack, in addition to having highly venomous spines

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

Space

Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

Life

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

Earth

Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

Space

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

Life

A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

Earth

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Titan

Life

Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

Features

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

Life

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

Over the last 250 million years land animals have repeatedly begun exploiting the seas, giving rise to creatures like whales and walruses. The question is why

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Space

Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

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Life

Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs

Features

Space

We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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Life

Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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