Life
Salamanders fill their toes with blood before each step
Wandering salamanders pump their toes full of blood before lifting their feet, a trick that may help them release their sticky grip while conserving energy
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Earth
Gorgeous images capture coral breeding breakthrough
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Life
An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
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Environment
We thought we knew emperor penguins 鈥� robots are proving us wrong
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Environment
Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts their growth
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Environment
The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity
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Life
The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate
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Life
New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together
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Life
Worm-like fossil is the oldest ancestor of spiders and crustaceans
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Life
Richard Dawkins’s latest crams gorgeous writing in an ill-fitting box
A new book from the science-writing legend is an Attenborough-esque romp through some of the wonders of the natural world. Just beware the title's misfiring metaphor
Culture
Society
A podcast explores how sport is drawing the line between men and women
Culture
Life
Why the underground home of the world鈥檚 weirdest wildlife is in danger
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Life
Could we merge biologically with the fungal network and live forever?
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Life
Single-celled predator extends its ‘neck’ with the help of origami
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