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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

When predators get too close, this normally serene pincushion releases hundreds of tiny “jaws” that pack a nasty chemical punch

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Gene editing opens doors to seedless fruit with no need for bees

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Gene editing opens doors to seedless fruit with no need for bees

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Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

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It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

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Why the "bisexuality hormone" study is not as simple as it seems

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble

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Sabre-toothed tigers in ice-age Los Angeles had bad back trouble

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole

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How smaller snakes strangle bigger snakes and swallow them whole

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

A manta-ray-inspired robot is made of soft, transparent materials so that it can go undetected as it swims around monitoring wildlife and wrecks

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Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

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World's largest canary discovered on island of giants and dwarfs

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First ever cavefish discovered in Europe evolved super-fast

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Badger filmed burying a whole cow by itself in Utah mountains

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