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marine biology

Cocoa pods

Earth

Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate – but in the process we have made them vulnerable

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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Hardy Antarctic tardigrades may be threatened by climate change

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After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

Life

After crows fight they touch and preen each other to make up

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holly wreath

Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

Features

mouse-opossum

Life

Ravenous rainforest resident plucks midnight snack from thin air

Regulars

Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

Life

Genital parasite crabs are struggling to find sex partners

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Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

Life

Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

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Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

Humans

Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

Life

This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

A nearly complete skeleton of an early long-necked plesiosaur has been found in a clay pit in Germany, and reveals they survived a mass extinction

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Life

Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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Life

'Scary' spider photos on Facebook are revealing new species

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Life

Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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Earth

Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere

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