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Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans and seas. Zooplankton.

Environment

Geoengineering the seas could be catastrophic for marine life

Proposed methods of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by increasing the alkalinity of seawater using minerals such as basalt could severely affect the availability of nutrients in the deep ocean

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Rubbish pulled from the great Pacific garbage patch

Environment

Great Pacific Garbage Patch hosts stable community of coastal animals

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Seahorses use a spring motion to quickly capture their food

Life

Seahorses have a super strong gulp thanks to two spring-like tendons

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Life

Snakes have been seen doing somersaults when they’re scared

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An African bush elephant in Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Life

Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves

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Fetal lung tissue

Health

The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

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Health

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

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Life

How hagfish slime gets its incredible clogging ability

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Life

City life may help Darwin's finches survive bloodsucking flies

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Beetle daisy (Gorteria diffusa), Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa - Image ID: C119J6 (RF)

Life

How daisies make deceptive petals that look like female flies

South African daisies co-opt the genes they usually use to grow root hairs and transport iron to create petals that resemble female flies – enticing males to land and pollinate the plant

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Life

How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

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Life

Orcas in the North Pacific may be dying out due to inbreeding

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Life

Algae-farming fish help coral reefs bounce back from bleaching events

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Life

Bird flu cases are expected to surge as birds migrate in coming weeks

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