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Amazing surfing sharks image shows how currents help them save energy

Life

Amazing surfing sharks image shows how currents help them save energy

Grey reef sharks seem to be just hanging in the water in this photograph by Laurent Ballesta. In reality, they are surfing upward currents, cutting their energy consumption by about 15 per cent

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Amazing astronomy images shortlisted for photo prize

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New Scientist Photography awards: Five pictures to inspire your entry

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51¶¯Âþ Photography awards: Five pictures to inspire your entry

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Magical image of ‘tree island’ shortlisted for major photo prize

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Magical image of ‘tree island’ shortlisted for major photo prize

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NASA image captures powerful energy at the heart of the Milky Way

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NASA image captures powerful energy at the heart of the Milky Way

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The 51¶¯Âþ Photography Awards 2021 are now open for entries

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World's smallest cephalopod gets set to fertilise her own eggs

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World's smallest cephalopod gets set to fertilise her own eggs

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8 beautiful photographs of seeds and fruits

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8 beautiful photographs of seeds and fruits

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Cicadas set to emerge in once in every 17-year event

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Cicadas set to emerge in once in every 17-year event

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Stark images of Amazon show incredible peaks and Indigenous peoples

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Stark images of Amazon show incredible peaks and Indigenous peoples

Sebastião Salgado's latest photography collection puts the Amazon on show. It displays the beauty of the rainforest landscape, as well as hinting at the uncertain future the region and its Indigenous peoples face

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Siberian flying squirrel caught mid-body-slam in rare photo

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Life

Nature's hardest-to-reproduce colours recreated in exhibition

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Earth

More fissures are opening up at the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland

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Space

Amazing images from International Space station battle for photo prize

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