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marine life
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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
An orca carrying a salmon in its mouth in south-east Alaska Minden Pictures/Alamy Some of the orcas off…
Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing
The minke whale is a smaller species of baleen whale Kerstin Meyer/Getty Images Brainwave testing of two young…
What a trip to the far-flung Pitcairn islands taught me about protecting our oceans
Pitcairn Islands ROYAL NAVY LIKE many British people, I have always been vaguely aware of the existence of…
Marine fungi: Can water mushrooms save us from antibiotic resistance and pollution?
Microscopic marine fungi are abundant, with around 2000 species found to date Dayarathne MC et al. (2020) TAKE…
Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped them evolve
A type of deep-sea anglerfish called the black seadevil Doug Perrine / Alamy Deep-sea anglerfishes’ unique sex strategy…