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Fungi's amazing secrets revealed

featured Fungi's amazing secrets revealed

T. harzianum (Credit: Walter M. Jaklitsch) Fungi is absolutely everywhere and we have all seen it in places we would rather not, whether it be growing on food that is...

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The hunting leech

The hunting leech

Leech via Shutterstock If you're an urban dweller like me, you have probably never seen a leech up close and personal. If you're a dedicated movie fan, you have probably...

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Zombie Worms Live

Zombie Worms Live

Bone-eating snot-flower worms, Osedax mucofloris, living off of decaying whale bones on the seabed; Credit: © Nicholas Higgs/The Natural History Museum If you can keep out of sight, don't mind...

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Quick mapping of underwater volcano

Quick mapping of underwater volcano

Lava in the ocean via Shutterstock Scientists have taken just a fortnight to map the creation of an underwater volcano in high resolution. After picking up seismic waves on Sunday...

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The Coral Triangle in Print

The Coral Triangle in Print

Feather-duster tube worm, New Britain, Papua New Guinea; Credit and Copyright © Jurgen Fruend / WWF-Canon Covering approximately 6 million square kilometres of land and sea, the Coral Triangle is...

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A low oxygen switch may save crops from flooding

A low oxygen switch may save crops from flooding

Planting rice via Shutterstock 2007 saw a very bad summer for British farmers. June and July received unseasonably large quantities of rain and resulted in widespread flooding. The crop yields...

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Bees Please

Bees Please

Panama via Shutterstock Personally speaking, a new species always delights the soul and two new stingless bees can't get up anyone's nose. David Roubik of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute...

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Coral Diversified

Coral Diversified

Working on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia via Shutterstock As corals go, Seriatopora hystrix, the bird's nest coral, is one of the attractive stony (scleractinian) corals that people love to...

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Flatworm Sexuality

Flatworm Sexuality

Dugesia ryukyuensis; Credit © Kazuya Kobayashi and Motonori Hoshi, Frontiers in Zoology The Turbellarian flatworms are cute, minute slug-like metazoans that are so primitive, they haven't got a body space...

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