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Too Close for Comfort
Jack Zhi (USA) records the moment a falcon hooks its talon into a pelican’s pouch and tugs it skywards. Jack had been watching this peregrine falcon for a while. He’d seen it attack gulls, ospreys and ...
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Molluscs could have been the first animals to venture on land
“Instead, mollusc or mollusc-like animals might be the pioneers of these early excursions onto land which date back to the ...
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COP16 roundup: The key decisions from the biodiversity summit
The latest global biodiversity conference has concluded in Cali, Colombia, after heated debate between nations at COP16. While delegates were able to agree on new representation for Indigenous People ...
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Urgent project to deepen understanding of Antarctic krill in a changing Southern Ocean
A new project, known as KRILLGUARD, launches today which aims to protect the Southern Ocean ecosystem by focusing on Antarctic krill, a keystone species in the ecosystem. Rising ocean temperatures are ...
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Antarctic krill genes could reveal how they’re responding to climate change
The KRILLGUARD researchers have developed ‘DNA probes’ to identify important genes within the krill’s sequenced genome. As ...
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‘Golden’ fossil of ancient arthropod named after Natural History Museum scientist
A distant relative of spiders and scorpions is the new namesake of a Natural History Museum scientist.
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The evolution of birds made giant cicadas better flyers
This allowed researchers to investigate if the evolution of birds impacted that of the insects. They found distinct changes in the wings and bodies of the giant cicadas towards the end of the Jurassic ...