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Life

New hermit crab has candy-stick legs and a giant spoon-like claw

A previously unknown Caribbean crab has been seen – it’s just a few millimetres long, sports bright red and white stripes, and has a large scoop-like claw

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whale shark

Life

Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones

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A harbour seal

Life

Seals hunt down hidden fish by sensing their breath in the sand

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megalodon

Life

Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Rob Deaville

Life

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

Features

fangtooth fish

Life

Up close with the giant teeth of the deep-sea fangtooth

Regulars

A brightly coloured lionfish

Life

Polar species spotted in the deep seas of the Mediterranean

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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

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harbour porpoises swim underwater

Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

The discovery suggests all cetaceans can do this, and provides a new clue to how noise pollution may trigger strandings

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Life

Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater

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Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

Features

Technology

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

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Life

Hundreds of deep-sea vents found spewing methane off US coast

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