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The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next

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The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next

Domestic cats are a paradox, argues biologist Jonathan B. Losos in a book that delves into their origins and the emerging science of feline behaviour

Culture

Carnivorous plants use a sneaky trick for luring different bugs to eat

Life

Carnivorous plants use a sneaky trick for luring different bugs to eat

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Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans and seas. Zooplankton.

Environment

Geoengineering the seas could be catastrophic for marine life

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Rubbish pulled from the great Pacific garbage patch

Environment

Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals

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Seahorses use a spring motion to quickly capture their food

Life

Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons

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Life

Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’re scared

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An African bush elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Life

Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

News

Fetal lung tissue

Health

The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

News

Health

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

News

Life

How hagfish slime gets its incredible clogging ability

Fibrous protein threads hold together the mucus in hagfish slime, giving it up to 1000 times the clogging power of common thickeners like xanthan gum when dissolved in water

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Life

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Life

How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

News

Life

How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

Comment

Life

Orcas in the North Pacific may be dying out due to inbreeding

News