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- Life
Briny deep basin may be home to animals thriving without oxygen
Creatures living deep in the Mediterranean without oxygen would be a remarkable first, biologists say.
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Young’uns adrift on the sea
Scientists try to identify and track elusive larvae in a boundless ocean.
- Life
Carried aloft, tiny creatures avoid parasites, sex
Dry and blowing in the breeze, rotifers are safe from a deadly fungus — and perhaps from the vulnerabilities presumed to accompany asexual reproduction.
- Life
Sea slug steals genes for greens, makes chlorophyll like a plant
A sea slug, long known as a kidnapper of algal biochemistry, can make its own supply of a key photosynthetic compound.
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Fish Don’t Like DC’s Water
Chloramine and fish shouldn't mix.
- Humans
Students present projects at 2009 ISEF
Flatworms, inflatable suits and alternatives to windmills make appearances at this week's international science competition in Reno.
- Paleontology
New arthropod species really stuck together
Recent fossil discovery shows that new species of arthropod formed chains, raising the possibility of communal behavior.
- Life
Early land arthropods sported shells
Ancient ocean-dwelling arthropods may have worn shells to enable their transition to land.
- Paleontology
Dinosaur handprints reveal birdlike arm anatomy
Inward-facing palms evolved much earlier than previously recognized, a new study finds.
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Starting Anew
Scientists turn to lowly creatures to unlock the secrets of regeneration.
- Life
Morse Toad: When amphibians tap their toes
Toe wiggling creates motions, vibrations that get potential prey moving.
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Botanical Whales
Adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too.
