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Mother and baby Antarctic Fur seals

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Antarctic seal numbers rose and fell with climate over 50,000 years

DNA suggests the Antarctic fur seal population has grown and shrunk as the climate has warmed and cooled, and this might help predict where the mammal will move in future

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The leaves and flowers of catnip

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We can now bioengineer catnip instead of extracting it from plants

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a lone female ostracod Photeros annecohenae (Anne's sea firefly) releasing bioluminescence. This photo was taken by Elliot Lowndes (https://mrlowndes.com) in our lab, and he should be credited upon use of this photo. This is a composite photo, combining the animal itself and its bioluminescence, taken separately

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Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates

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A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

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A glimpse at Greenland's deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

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Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

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Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

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Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 cells

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Artificially stripped-back cell is still able to rapidly evolve

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Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

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Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

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Greenpeace boat

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Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

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Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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Richard Lewontin

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Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

Richard Lewontin was an evolutionary biologist who showed that most genetic variation is within populations rather than between “racial” groups

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Complex social lives of orcas revealed by drone observations

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Female seahorses cheat on their mate when they can no longer smell him

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The deep sea hosts twice as many shapes of fish as shallow waters

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Underwater glue made from silk can cling to surfaces like a barnacle

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