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A fish

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There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad

Industrial fishing has disproportionately removed older fish, which tend to be the most adaptable individuals that can best survive environmental change

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platypus swimming

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Five mythical animals that turned out to be real

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trout

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Solving how fish swim so well may help design underwater robots

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A filter-feeder

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Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

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shoal of silver fish against a green and blue background

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Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Viking hordes dined on frozen Norwegian cod shipped to Germany

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Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms

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Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms

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Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

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Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

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A fishing boat

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Australia to expand commercial fishing in marine sanctuaries

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A salmon swimming upriver to spawn

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Baby salmon with ‘old’ DNA more likely to survive epic migration

We usually associate short telomeres with ill health but young salmon with them seem to have a higher chance of coping with a time at sea

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Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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Take a 360-degree virtual tour of a scientific research vessel

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Watch cuttlefish apparently pretending to walk just like crabs

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