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marine biology

Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

Life

Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

A parasitic microorganism with tiny hair-like structures over its body called a ciliate appears to be behind the mass die-off of long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean

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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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Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

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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

News

Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

Life

Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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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

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Fetal lung tissue

Health

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

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Health

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

Researchers have tweaked structures made by bacteria so that they can target human cells and inject proteins into them, a trick that could lead to targeted medical treatments

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Life

How hagfish slime gets its incredible clogging ability

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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

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Life

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

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