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The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

It’s not just a yucky bodily secretion – unique chemical signatures in ear wax contain clues to everything from drug misuse to festive overindulgence

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Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

Life

Female dolphins have weaponised their vaginas to fend off males

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Brazilian fisherman casting net with dolphins in background

Life

Dolphins that work with humans to catch fish have unique accent

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blue whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling

Life

The day Hope the whale stole the show

Culture

humpback whale feeding next a salmon hatchery

Life

Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries

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Teeth of Coronodon havensteini

Life

‘Missing link’ whale could filter feed and hunt larger prey

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Trump’s budget jettisons ‘irreplaceable’ marine mammals agency

Earth

Trump’s budget jettisons ‘irreplaceable’ marine mammals agency

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Narwhal

Earth

Narwhals could help us measure melting glaciers underwater

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