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6 incredible new dinosaurs we discovered in 2025

Palaeontologists reported some remarkable dinosaur fossils this year, including a Velociraptor relative, a dome-headed pachycephalosaur and one of the most heavily armoured creatures that ever lived

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A person wearing a generic great white shark inflatable costume goes paddleboarding in the harbor. A funny playful twist on shark and human interaction.

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Why do we feel the need to humanise everything, from dogs to cars?

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A spectacular showcase of animal pictures from 2025

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Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles

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Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles

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Dinosaurs like Diplodocus may have been as colourful as birds

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Two hands holding three clams on a beach

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The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal

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Images reveal the astonishing complexity of the microscopic world

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Images reveal the astonishing complexity of the microscopic world

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Tigers seem to be bouncing back in remote Sumatran jungle

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Overall winner Mesmerizing spider threads The image shows two exceptional silk threads of the Australian netcaster spider, Asianopis subrufa. Unlike typical web-builders, this spider holds a specialized, sticky net between its four front legs. When an unsuspecting insect approaches, the spider rapidly expands its net and casts it over the prey, a maneuver that demands dramatic extensibility from the supporting lines at the sides of the sticky net. These threads are composed of an elastomeric core encased in a sheath of harder fibers of varying sizes; the result is a structure that is both strong and stretchy. The mesmerizing, looping fibers in the image capture the eye with their meandering fiber bundles, which shift in their complex winding from large to small scales. The image covers 50 microns in width and was captured using a Zeiss GeminiSEM 360 field-emission scanning electron microscope under high vacuum and after coating of Au-Pd. Minimal adjustments of curves and cropping were applied via Adobe Photoshop. Martin J. Ramirez Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales - CONICET

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Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

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Stop treating your pet like a fur baby – you're damaging its health

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Stop treating your pet like a fur baby – you're damaging its health

Pet owners' increasing tendency to see their animals as children rather than dogs or cats can have dire consequences. Owners, and veterinarians, should be wary, warns Eddie Clutton

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Cats can overcome fear of water to benefit from aquatic therapy

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Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis

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Pandas use tools to scratch thanks to a strange evolutionary quirk

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'Horrific and beautiful' whale rescue image wins photography prize

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