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marine life

Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

Life

Pom-pom crabs prune their living decorations like bonsai trees

These teensy crustaceans tear one anemone into two, splitting them into identical pairs that then grow as new, living pom-poms on their claws

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Life

New hermit crab has candy-stick legs and a giant spoon-like claw

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whale shark

Life

Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones

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A harbour seal

Life

Seals hunt down hidden fish by sensing their breath in the sand

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megalodon

Life

Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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Life

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

Features

fangtooth fish

Life

Up close with the giant teeth of the deep-sea fangtooth

Regulars

A brightly coloured lionfish

Life

Polar species spotted in the deep seas of the Mediterranean

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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest

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Life

Porpoises plan their dives and can set their heart rate to match

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Life

Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater

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Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

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Technology

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

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