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marine life

Three long-finned pilot whales underwater. They look mid-size, for a whale, and have stubby noses. Their fins do look quite long, and curvy

Life

Whale algorithm could unlock secrets of their many dialects

Could we speak whale one day? A whale song algorithm can pick up their different dialects and could help work out how they communicate with one another

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squid releasing ink

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Squid filmed using their ink clouds as smokescreen to catch prey

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Sea snail

Life

Sea butterflies fly underwater just like insects do in the air

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cannibal seal

Life

First video footage of seal drowning and eating a pup

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great white shark

Life

White shark's diet may include biggest fish of all: whale shark

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All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

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All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

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Cross-species dolphin society gets friendlier after hurricanes

Life

Cross-species dolphin society gets friendlier after hurricanes

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Life

Solar system mysteries: Where can life exist?

Features

Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

Life

Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

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'alien megastructure' star

Space

Comets can't explain weird 'alien megastructure' star after all

A star called KIC 8462852, or Tabby's star, has been behaving oddly since 1890, not just recently as had been thought – and astronomers have no idea why

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Life

How to find ET: 7 ways aliens might give themselves away

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Space

Famous Wow! signal might have been from comets, not aliens

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Life

The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

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Earth

Polar wildlife under threat as ice melts and makes seas brighter

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