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UK is failing to protect its marine areas

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UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

The government is failing to designate marine protected areas off its coast as promised, says a parliamentary report

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A white strand of a hair-like bacterium

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Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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LHS 1140b

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The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life

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Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

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Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Dust from the Carmichael coal mine has spread widely

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It’s not too late to save Great Barrier Reef from politicians

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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crab claw

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Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

Jean Painlevé was using films and stills to share his passion for marine life with French audiences long before David Attenborough's TV documentaries

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Sawfish's fearsome snout evolved to be undetectable to prey

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Female fish with bigger brains choose better mates

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A little less ET, a little more astrophysics, if you please

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TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

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