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Shark's open mouth

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

2 February 2018

Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden
Polar bear eating eggs

Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts

12 May 2017

The habitat overlap of polar bears and their main prey, ringed seals, is disappearing and the bears are instead getting closer to nesting birds

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