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- Britain’s rivers are bouncing back
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- Over the past 20 years there have been dramatic improvements in both water quality and wildlife for urban rivers throughout England and Wal...
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Gareth Bull on Monday 2 July, 2012, 10:42
- Manta rays tagged to reveal secrets of a mysterious ocean giant
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- Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter, and the Government of Mexico have used the latest satellite tracking technology to discover the feeding habitats and threats to the world’s largest r... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Monday 14 May, 2012, 21:01
- Five-limbed brittlestars move like people
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- Despite being brainless, research has shown that brittlestars actually move in a very coordinated way, and move bilaterally, like peopl... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Monday 14 May, 2012, 20:50
- Giant squids’ football size eyes are for playing defence
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- At 25.4cm/10" Giant and Colossal squids have eyes bigger than an official Size 5 football, but the question has always been w... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Wednesday 21 March, 2012, 14:47
- The sweet smell of fear
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- When one fish in a shoal gets injured it gives off a mysterious substance that causes the rest of the shoal to flee in fear.
This substance is known as "Schreckstoff" which means "scary stuff" in German. Now, researchers have discovered what this "scary stuff" is made ... (No votes)
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Gareth Bull on Monday 12 March, 2012, 10:55
- Cuttlefish see in high-definition polarised vision
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- A recent discovery reveals that cuttlefish have the most acute polarisation vision known in any anim... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Thursday 8 March, 2012, 21:15
- Phytoplankton is key to a healthy planet
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- Phytoplankton is at the base of the ocean food chain and this coupled with the fact that it provides more than half our oxygen supply means it has an integral role in the control of global warmi... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Monday 20 February, 2012, 9:41
- Free fish ID app released for the iPhone!
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- The Smithsonian Guide to the Shore Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific has been released as a fully operational field guide by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institu... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Wednesday 15 February, 2012, 20:35
- Could microalgae be the answer for biofuel production after all?
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- A technique using microbubbles could mean that harvesting microalgae for biofuels could be about to become much more cost effecti... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Tuesday 14 February, 2012, 17:25
- Shark attack deaths for 2011 highest since 1993
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- The University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File reports that worldwide fatalities from shark attacks reached a two-decade high in 20... (No votes)
Gareth Bull on Thursday 9 February, 2012, 10:36
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The mantis shrimp NEEDS to be voiced by Jason Statham
Mowze: 8:08 AM May 25th, 2013
It's no good, I can't restrain my inner cultural reference geek; Jacques the cleaner shrimp is na...
suey2: 22:22 PM May 24th, 2013
This is brilliant Nathan! Can we have the Mantis shrimp, you guys at Disney/Pixar? Go on! Please?
plecomaniac: 21:21 PM May 24th, 2013
Yes, and I'm sure that if advances in science ever made something like this possible, us women wo...
plecomaniac: 21:21 PM May 24th, 2013
Love it! This was soooo helpful when I was upgrading my tank this week. The fish are loving it. ...
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