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Plastics Merged With Coral To Form “Plasticorals” Discovered On A Subtropical Japanese BeachA picture of coral fused to blue-green plastic.Plastics Merged With Coral To Form “Plasticorals” Discovered On A Subtropical Japanese BeachA picture of coral fused to blue-green plastic.

Plastics Merged With Coral To Form “Plasticorals” Discovered On A Subtropical Japanese Beach

Introducing you to a new human-derived material: Plasticoral.

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Tiny Black "Goth" Robin Wins New Zealand Bird Of The Year After Remarkable Conservation ComebackA small black robin sits on a branch with only one leg.

Tiny Black "Goth" Robin Wins New Zealand Bird Of The Year After Remarkable Conservation Comeback

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Why Do Hammerhead Sharks Have Hammer-Shaped Heads? | IFLScience We Have QuestionsA composite picture of hammerhead sharks and hammers with a mobile phone showing the We Have Questions logo.

Why Do Hammerhead Sharks Have Hammer-Shaped Heads? | IFLScience We Have Questions

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One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Jobs Involves Sounding Like Donald Duck For A Monthinside of a saturation chamber shows very small living quarters

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One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Jobs Involves Sounding Like Donald Duck For A Monthinside of a saturation chamber shows very small living quarters
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One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Jobs Involves Sounding Like Donald Duck For A Month

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Greenland's Qaanaaq Glacier Lost An Astonishing 8.7 Meters Of Ice In The Last 13 Years – And It’s Not AloneThe mighty Qaanaaq Ice Cap in reenland with a dog sled in front to show how huge it is.

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Greenland's Qaanaaq Glacier Lost An Astonishing 8.7 Meters Of Ice In The Last 13 Years – And It’s Not AloneThe mighty Qaanaaq Ice Cap in reenland with a dog sled in front to show how huge it is.
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Greenland's Qaanaaq Glacier Lost An Astonishing 8.7 Meters Of Ice In The Last 13 Years – And It’s Not Alone

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In 2025, The Hole In Ozone Layer Above Antarctica Shrunk To One Of Its Smallest Sizes In Decadesillustration shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on the day of its 2025 maximum extent.

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In 2025, The Hole In Ozone Layer Above Antarctica Shrunk To One Of Its Smallest Sizes In Decadesillustration shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on the day of its 2025 maximum extent.
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In 2025, The Hole In Ozone Layer Above Antarctica Shrunk To One Of Its Smallest Sizes In Decades

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From Giganotosaurus To Diplodocus, Is There A Correct Way To Pronounce Dinosaur Names?An illustration of a sauropod dinosaur writing "dip-low-doh-cus" on a chalk board.

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From Giganotosaurus To Diplodocus, Is There A Correct Way To Pronounce Dinosaur Names?An illustration of a sauropod dinosaur writing "dip-low-doh-cus" on a chalk board.
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From Giganotosaurus To Diplodocus, Is There A Correct Way To Pronounce Dinosaur Names?

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Meet The Author: Dr Ross Brooks On What Inspired His New Book “Darwin And The Queer Origins Of Life"The front cover of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life and a picture of Ross Brooks.

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Meet The Author: Dr Ross Brooks On What Inspired His New Book “Darwin And The Queer Origins Of Life"The front cover of Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life and a picture of Ross Brooks.
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Meet The Author: Dr Ross Brooks On What Inspired His New Book “Darwin And The Queer Origins Of Life"

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Sea Spider Taxi, Anyone? Amphipods Found Clinging To The Long Legs Of Sea Spiders In Boy-Girl Pairs In The Deep SeaA white amphipod hangs onto the legs of an orange sea spider.

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Sea Spider Taxi, Anyone? Amphipods Found Clinging To The Long Legs Of Sea Spiders In Boy-Girl Pairs In The Deep SeaA white amphipod hangs onto the legs of an orange sea spider.
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Sea Spider Taxi, Anyone? Amphipods Found Clinging To The Long Legs Of Sea Spiders In Boy-Girl Pairs In The Deep Sea

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Planet Earth Is Physically Changing Shape And Becoming Less Flattened, But Its Gravity Tells A Different Side Of The StoryNASA astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to ever travel beyond Earth’s orbit in 2026, looks back at a seemingly spherical Earth from the Orion spacecraft.

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Planet Earth Is Physically Changing Shape And Becoming Less Flattened, But Its Gravity Tells A Different Side Of The StoryNASA astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to ever travel beyond Earth’s orbit in 2026, looks back at a seemingly spherical Earth from the Orion spacecraft.
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Planet Earth Is Physically Changing Shape And Becoming Less Flattened, But Its Gravity Tells A Different Side Of The Story

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First New Cat Species In Over 100 Years Is A Totally Charming Tiny Tiger From BoliviaA small spotted cat sits on a branch at a sanctuary.

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First New Cat Species In Over 100 Years Is A Totally Charming Tiny Tiger From BoliviaA small spotted cat sits on a branch at a sanctuary.
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First New Cat Species In Over 100 Years Is A Totally Charming Tiny Tiger From Bolivia

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First Ever Images Of Deep-Sea Canyon Reveal Plastic Trash At Depths Of Up To 3,800 Metersa plastic wrapper found at a depth of 2,109 meters.

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First Ever Images Of Deep-Sea Canyon Reveal Plastic Trash At Depths Of Up To 3,800 Metersa plastic wrapper found at a depth of 2,109 meters.
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First Ever Images Of Deep-Sea Canyon Reveal Plastic Trash At Depths Of Up To 3,800 Meters

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Seabird Found With 894 Pieces Of Plastic In Its Stomach Shows That The Problem Of Ocean Plastic Is Not Getting Any BetterA shearwater chick being held by a pair of hands over a dish that contains chunks of plastic that have been flushed from its stomach.

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Seabird Found With 894 Pieces Of Plastic In Its Stomach Shows That The Problem Of Ocean Plastic Is Not Getting Any BetterA shearwater chick being held by a pair of hands over a dish that contains chunks of plastic that have been flushed from its stomach.
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Seabird Found With 894 Pieces Of Plastic In Its Stomach Shows That The Problem Of Ocean Plastic Is Not Getting Any Better

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An Unexpected Animal Lived In The Atacama Desert 9 Million Years Ago, Suggesting Earth's Oldest Continuous Dry Region Wasn't Always So Drydry atacama desert landscape

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An Unexpected Animal Lived In The Atacama Desert 9 Million Years Ago, Suggesting Earth's Oldest Continuous Dry Region Wasn't Always So Drydry atacama desert landscape
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An Unexpected Animal Lived In The Atacama Desert 9 Million Years Ago, Suggesting Earth's Oldest Continuous Dry Region Wasn't Always So Dry

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T. Rex Teeth Reveal It Was A Hot-Blooded Beast Capable Of Living In The Deep ColdThomas the T rex looks down on the Natural History Museum of LA County, where humans have found a way to take his body temperature

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T. Rex Teeth Reveal It Was A Hot-Blooded Beast Capable Of Living In The Deep ColdThomas the T rex looks down on the Natural History Museum of LA County, where humans have found a way to take his body temperature
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T. Rex Teeth Reveal It Was A Hot-Blooded Beast Capable Of Living In The Deep Cold

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Watch A Tardigrade Frolicking In The Snow And A Cell With A Prehensile "Trunk" As This Year's Nikon Small World In Motion Video WinnersA beautiful rainbow colored sea slug on a black background with pink edges.

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Watch A Tardigrade Frolicking In The Snow And A Cell With A Prehensile "Trunk" As This Year's Nikon Small World In Motion Video WinnersA beautiful rainbow colored sea slug on a black background with pink edges.
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Watch A Tardigrade Frolicking In The Snow And A Cell With A Prehensile "Trunk" As This Year's Nikon Small World In Motion Video Winners

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Mother Humpback Whale Seen Apparently Mourning Her Stillborn Calf For The First TimeA stillborn humpback calf seen from a drone, with a grieving mother, the first time this has been seen

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Mother Humpback Whale Seen Apparently Mourning Her Stillborn Calf For The First TimeA stillborn humpback calf seen from a drone, with a grieving mother, the first time this has been seen
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Mother Humpback Whale Seen Apparently Mourning Her Stillborn Calf For The First Time

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We All Know That Cats Are Way More Impressive Than Servile Dogs – Biologically And Culturally – Even If You Won't Admit ItA cat laying in a palace with a crown on

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We All Know That Cats Are Way More Impressive Than Servile Dogs – Biologically And Culturally – Even If You Won't Admit ItA cat laying in a palace with a crown on
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We All Know That Cats Are Way More Impressive Than Servile Dogs – Biologically And Culturally – Even If You Won't Admit It

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In The 1970s, Researchers Unearthed Fossils Of A Dinosaur That May Have Been The Largest Ever. Then The Fossils DisintegratedA reconstruction of the largest dinosaur ever, which was a sauropod.
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In The 1970s, Researchers Unearthed Fossils Of A Dinosaur That May Have Been The Largest Ever. Then The Fossils Disintegrated

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So You've Decided To Clone Your Pet For $50,000. Will You Get The Exact Same Animal Back?A pop art style image of a dog in multiple colours.
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So You've Decided To Clone Your Pet For $50,000. Will You Get The Exact Same Animal Back?

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If Flamingos Get Their Color From Their Diet, Could You Hypothetically Turn One Blue? We Asked The ExpertsA collage-style image of blue flamingos above the pink krill that give them normal colour
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If Flamingos Get Their Color From Their Diet, Could You Hypothetically Turn One Blue? We Asked The Experts

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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?a woman backs away from a tornado
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Could You Survive Being Sucked Into A Tornado?

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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?A brains butt
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Video: Which Animal Has The Largest Brain?

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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinctionan organism from the Ordovician time
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Video: The Ordovician Mass Extinction

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Bubbles The Dolphin Comes Up With A Gross New Way To Hunt By Chugging On Fish VomitBubbles the dolphin eyes up a fish

Bubbles The Dolphin Comes Up With A Gross New Way To Hunt By Chugging On Fish Vomit

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We Now Know What Is Going On Inside The “Spider” Lure At The Tip Of The Spider-Tailed Horned Viper’s TailA picture of the spider-tailed viper with its spider-like lure on a rock.

We Now Know What Is Going On Inside The “Spider” Lure At The Tip Of The Spider-Tailed Horned Viper’s Tail

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One Of The World's Weirdest Trees Just Gained A New Species That Was Hiding In Plain SightZa Baobab Tree (Adansonia za) in the Early Morning Light, Spiny Forest of Southwestern Madagascar

One Of The World's Weirdest Trees Just Gained A New Species That Was Hiding In Plain Sight

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The Apples You Eat From The Supermarket Are All Clones. Some Of Them Go Back Centuries.Granny smith apples, looking particularly green and crisp.

The Apples You Eat From The Supermarket Are All Clones. Some Of Them Go Back Centuries.

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Under Trump, US Environmental Protection Agency Removes Limits On Air Pollution From Coal And Gas Power Plantsa coal power plant emitting a lot of smoke

Under Trump, US Environmental Protection Agency Removes Limits On Air Pollution From Coal And Gas Power Plants

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2026 Has Not Had A Single Hurricane In The Atlantic So Far – And The Supersized El Niño Is To Blamethe Gulf of Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana seen from the ISS.

2026 Has Not Had A Single Hurricane In The Atlantic So Far – And The Supersized El Niño Is To Blame

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On June 5, 1944, Meteorologists Made One Of The Most Important Weather Forecasts In History. New Satellite Images Reveal How Tough Conditions WereImage showing the weather on Earth on June 6, 1944.

On June 5, 1944, Meteorologists Made One Of The Most Important Weather Forecasts In History. New Satellite Images Reveal How Tough Conditions Were

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A Blanket of Snow Covers The Atacama As Intense Winter Storms Cause Flooding And Mudslides In The Usually Arid Regionsnow blankets the atacama in this MODIS image from NASA

A Blanket of Snow Covers The Atacama As Intense Winter Storms Cause Flooding And Mudslides In The Usually Arid Region

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A 520-Million-Year-Old Whodunit Has Been Solved By Looking At Bite Marks On A Cambrian PredatorAn illustration of Amplectobelua.

A 520-Million-Year-Old Whodunit Has Been Solved By Looking At Bite Marks On A Cambrian Predator

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The Most Perfectly Preserved Feather From The Age Of Dinosaurs Has Been Discovered Inside Fossilized Tyrannosaur Poop Dating Back 66 Million YearsDavid DeMar, Jr. holding the exposed fossil feather in the coprolite fragment on the day of its discovery in 2016.

The Most Perfectly Preserved Feather From The Age Of Dinosaurs Has Been Discovered Inside Fossilized Tyrannosaur Poop Dating Back 66 Million Years

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Scientists Just Found Six Mysterious Structures Deep Inside Earth. Here’s How They Know They’re ThereWhat is deep inside of Earth?

Scientists Just Found Six Mysterious Structures Deep Inside Earth. Here’s How They Know They’re There

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North America Had A Continent-Spanning “Mega-Escarpment” A Kilometer High, And It Might Explain The Grand Canyon’s Great MysteryA view across the grand canyon showing its pinky-orange cliffs.

North America Had A Continent-Spanning “Mega-Escarpment” A Kilometer High, And It Might Explain The Grand Canyon’s Great Mystery

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Newly Discovered Spider Is Basically A Mechanical Engineer, Building Spring-Loaded Snares To Catapult Its PreyA spider creates a cone of silk on a leaf, luring the ant to bite the cone.

Newly Discovered Spider Is Basically A Mechanical Engineer, Building Spring-Loaded Snares To Catapult Its Prey

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New World Screwworm Detected In US For First Time Since 1966, Despite Efforts To Stop It Crossing The BorderSingle NWS larva placed next to a U.S. nickel to illustrate the size comparison.

New World Screwworm Detected In US For First Time Since 1966, Despite Efforts To Stop It Crossing The Border

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