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The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

Animals found around hydrothermal vents – from snails covered in metal plates to hairy crabs – have unusual adaptations to survive with no sunlight and extreme pressure

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Angela Stevenson, 39, a marine scientist for GEOMAR, dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected, in Laboe, Germany July 10, 2023. The group of scientists collect seeds for research into planting the seeds and breeding a more heat resistant seagrass for the SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

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Photos capture mission to rescue seagrass meadows in the the Baltic

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A fantasy alien planet

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Aliens on low-oxygen worlds may never discover fire

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Cuvier's beaked whale seen grieving dead calf for first time

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A grey wolf hunting pacific salmon

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Nearly a third of coastal wolves in Alaska are eating sea otters

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The ancient trees that have lessons for the future

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A mitochondrion

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Ocean bacteria may be closest relatives of mitochondria in our cells

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Mars

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Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth

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Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

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Chemistry

Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped complex life evolve

The Maillard reaction, which generates flavoursome compounds during cooking, probably helps lock carbon away in the seabed, boosting oxygen in the atmosphere

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Space

Essential molecule for life spotted floating in space for first time

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Why do so many people believe aliens have visited Earth?

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Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater

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Environment

Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

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