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An illustration of the early surface of Earth with a volcano erupting in the background.

Life

How we will discover the mysterious origins of life once and for all

Seventy years ago, three discoveries propelled our understanding of how life on Earth began. But has the biggest clue to life's origins been staring biologists in the face all along?

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Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

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Planet Earth III book - page 11 The sharks, though, are in for a surprise because the adult seals mob them instead of fleeing (opposite bottom).

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See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

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A volunteer from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund with one of the escapee salmon

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On the hunt for thousands of salmon that escaped Icelandic fish farm

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A male lion and a cub

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Do animals know that sex leads to babies?

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Environment

Warm seas blamed for the disappearance of 10 billion snow crabs

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Sea life in the Ordovician period

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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Earth

Nearly all mammals will go extinct in 250 million years as Earth warms

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box jellyfish

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Jellyfish can learn from experience even though they lack a brain

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Steve Jones at the US Botanic Garden with a bloom (Devin Dotson/US Botanic Garden)

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The strange plant that just might be the worst smell on the planet

Corpse flowers rarely bloom but if one does when you’re nearby you’ll know about it. Though many botanical gardens have their own corpse flowers, the plant's mysteries still abound

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Space

How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

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Invasive blue crabs are poised to devastate the global clam supply

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The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

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Photos capture mission to rescue seagrass meadows in the the Baltic

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