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marine life

Landscape

Earth

Acid lakes may be a false alarm but we can’t afford complacency

Freshwater acidification might turn out to be a trivial problem but we don’t know how much danger aquatic life is in unless we can track down more data

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A soldierfish with its lachrymal sabre ready for combat

Life

These fish hide fluorescent switchblades in their faces

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

Space

Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

Life

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

Space

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

Earth

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Life

Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

Tantalising clues suggest the weird seas on Saturn’s largest moon contain a chemical cocktail capable of spawning life. A daring mission now aims to find out

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Life

Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Space

Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

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Life

Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs

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Space

We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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