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Damselfish on coral

Life

Fish boost photosynthesis by wafting water around corals

Call it a fin fan. The action of damselfish swimming between coral branches helps the algae inside corals to increase their photosynthesis

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Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

Life

Hopping miniature parrots suggest how birds first got airborne

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mammoth

Life

Synthetic biology's ties to our humanity let it elude definition

Culture

evolution artwork

Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

Features

Corals that grow faster in warm water could beat climate change

Life

Corals that grow faster in warm water could beat climate change

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Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

Life

Pregnant rays tangled in trawler nets have small, sickly babies

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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Future forensics: Harnessing the spirit of Sherlock Holmes

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A dusky rabbitfish

Life

Tiny invasive sea creatures hitch a ride in rabbitfish guts

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Polar bear eating eggs

Life

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

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lionfish

Life

Hear the roar of the lionfish recorded for the first time

The vocalisations of the voracious lionfish could help us keep tabs on this invasive species as it works its way up the US east coast

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Humans

Ready for anything: The best strategies to survive a disaster

Features

Life

Wary blenny fish pokes its head out from a Caribbean reef

Regulars

Life

Lazarus species: Five cool animals we wrongly believed extinct

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Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

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