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ecology

A dusky rabbitfish

Life

Tiny invasive sea creatures hitch a ride in rabbitfish guts

Rabbitfish ingest microscopic marine creatures while grazing on algae. Some of them may survive long trips and wreak havoc far from home when the fish defecate

News

A stuffed thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger

Life

Odds that Tasmanian tigers are still alive are 1 in 1.6 trillion

News

Cleaner fish that keep farmed salmon healthy at risk of wipe-out

Life

Cleaner fish that keep farmed salmon healthy at risk of wipe-out

News

Spiders eat more prey than humans

Life

Spiders eat twice as much animal prey as humans do in a year

News

Woolly mammoth

Life

Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

News

Boat on dried-up lake floor

Life

Massive lake drained for hydropower leaves dry bed and no fish

News

Some of the turfwinkle snails in their natural habitat

Earth

Ocean acidification may be good for thriving marine snails

News

A close-up of a group of ants and larvae

Life

Harvester ants farm by planting seeds to eat once they germinate

News

David Goodall

Humans

Australia’s oldest working scientist speaks about his life

News

A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

Organic nutrients from turtle eggs form a seasonal feast for tiny life forms living in the deserts of tropical sandy dunes

News

Life

New Zealand is the first country to wipe out invasive butterfly

News

Life

Hundreds of deep-sea vents found spewing methane off US coast

News

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

News

Life

What do our natural laws really say about the world?

Culture

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