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Amazing Elephant Seal Sleep Revealed

Spiral course in deep slumber. © Graphic by Jessica Kendall-Bar Extreme relaxation: elephant seals only sleep a record-breaking two hours a day during their months...
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Photo worth seeing: Watched the squid’s suction cups

The sensory organs of these California two-spotted octopuses are evolutionarily related to the receptors in the human brain. ...
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“Big Little One” discovered off Ireland

The newly discovered species was christened Microichthys grandis, which means big little fish. © Bram Couperus ...
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Bumblebees can learn culturally

Bumblebees can learn from each other. © Diego Perez-Lopez/ PLOS, CC by 4.0 Is culture only reserved for creatures with big brains? One study suggests...
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Marine litter turns the high seas into coasts

This floating waste offers coastal species of molluscs and co a habitat on the open sea. © The Ocean Cleanup ...
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Open landscapes shaped hominoid evolution

Reconstruction of the landscape in East Africa around 21 million years ago. © Corbin Rainbolt The African savannahs are probably much older than previously assumed:...
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Barriers against the plastic flood

Plastic waste in the oceans endangers countless living beings. Rivers are often the source - although not so much the big streams, but according...
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Raised gene reading speed problematic

Artist's rendering of the transcription. © selvanegra/iStock According to a study, a "sloppy" reading of genes apparently contributes to aging: With increasing age, genetic information...
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Scaffolding molecule pulls glyphosate out of the water

Glyphosate could be removed from water using a metal-organic framework. © Shaghayegh Naghdi The herbicide glyphosate is widely used around the world, but is highly...
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Oldest bat skeletons come from new species

This fossil skeleton is from a bat of the newly discovered species Icaronycteris gunnelli. © Rietbergen et al., 2023/ PLOS ONE ...
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What arctic ocean sediment reveals about the future

Arctic sea ice is disappearing. © anahtiris/ iStock Climate change is causing Arctic sea ice to recede. A look into the past now shows the...
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Photo worth seeing: Micro ferries for timely drug dosing

The picture shows the microparticles filled with dyes in the opening of an ordinary hypodermic needle. © Brandon Martin/ Rice University Taking medication at the...
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Smart patch “smells” plant problems

Sensors on the leaf patch record volatile organic compounds as well as temperature and humidity data. © Qingshan Wei, NC State University ...
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Banana expert with trunk

Usually, elephants just put whole bananas in their mouths. But in the Berlin Zoo, one specimen has developed an astonishingly complex way of dealing...
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Woolly mammoth: on the trail of gene secrets

The sequence data from 23 woolly mammoths were included in the study. © Ian Watts Researchers have compared the genomes of woolly mammoths from different...
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Good news: Slight increase in the field hare

Hare in a meadow. © Andyworks/ iStock Easter is just around the corner and at least the children are hoping that the Easter Bunny will...
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Warm group nests reflected in eggshells

Artist's impression of two Troodons sharing a nest. © Alex Boersma Targeting a dinosaur related to modern-day birds, the tiny predator Troodon was warm-blooded and...
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Frost resistance becomes an advantage in climate change

Frost damage! Icy late frosts are deadly for freshly unfolded beech leaves. © Frederik Baumgarten ...
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Photo worth seeing: Veiled Birth of a Giant

This image shows the protocluster around the Spiderweb Galaxy (MRC 1138-262) and the hot gas it contains (blue). © ESO/Di Mascolo et al.; HST:...
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Hidden glacial ice losses revealed

Glaciers in the Himalayas lose their ice, sometimes invisibly below the surface, in adjacent lakes. © Bob - Adobe Stock ...
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