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The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

Environment

The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades

Features

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Life

The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate

Features

Life

New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together

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Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

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Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

Life

Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

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Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

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Heart cockle shells

Life

Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics

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World's largest coral discovered by accident

Environment

World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident

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Health

Cancer atlas reveals how tumours evolve inside the body

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P1MNB3 The spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) is a species of viper endemic to western Iran which was described in 2006. The head look

Life

Richard Dawkins's latest crams gorgeous writing in an ill-fitting box

A new book from the science-writing legend is an Attenborough-esque romp through some of the wonders of the natural world. Just beware the title's misfiring metaphor

Culture

Life

Two injured comb jellies can merge to form one individual

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Life

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

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Environment

Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

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Life

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

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