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A stuffed thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger

Life

Odds that Tasmanian tigers are still alive are 1 in 1.6 trillion

Supposed sightings have kept the dream of finding thylacines alive but mathematical models pour cold water on the claims

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Cleaner fish that keep farmed salmon healthy at risk of wipe-out

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Cleaner fish that keep farmed salmon healthy at risk of wipe-out

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Spiders eat more prey than humans

Life

Spiders eat twice as much animal prey as humans do in a year

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Woolly mammoth

Life

Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

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Boat on dried-up lake floor

Life

Massive lake drained for hydropower leaves dry bed and no fish

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Some of the turfwinkle snails in their natural habitat

Earth

Ocean acidification may be good for thriving marine snails

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A close-up of a group of ants and larvae

Life

Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate

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David Goodall

Humans

Australia’s oldest working scientist speaks about his life

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Caterpillars on a leaf in the foreground, with Richard Toft in the background wearing an orange high-vis jacket

Life

New Zealand is the first country to wipe out invasive butterfly

The great white butterfly is an invasive species whose caterpillars devour both crops and native plant species. Now the country has fully eliminated it

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Life

Hundreds of deep-sea vents found spewing methane off US coast

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Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

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Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Culture

Life

The fish that have bellies full of mice – but we don’t know how

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