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  1. Oceans

    Deep-sea mining might feed plankton a diet of junk food

    An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles sized similarly to the more nutritious tidbits that plankton eat.

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  2. Animals

    AI eavesdropped on whale chatter. It may have helped find something new

    Some “clicks” made by sperm whales may actually be “clacks,” but marine biologists debate what, if anything, that means.

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  3. Animals

    This fly’s flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. Here’s what to know 

    After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.

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  4. Animals

    Woodpecker hammering is a full-body affair

    The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance strategy that may help stabilize core muscles.

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  5. Animals

    Mosquitoes infiltrated Iceland. Will they survive the winter?

    Mosquitoes have reached Iceland, a place once thought too harsh for them to survive. Climate change may play a role in this shift.

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  6. Animals

    Deep Antarctic waters hold geometric communities of fish nests

    Scientists found thousands of patterned fish nests in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, boosting calls for marine protected areas.

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  7. Animals

    Polar bears provide millions of kilograms of food for other Arctic species

    A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

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  8. Animals

    Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities

    A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact. But genomic analysis reveals the insect got its evolutionary start millennia ago.

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  9. Animals

    Which venomous snakes strike the fastest?

    Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some slower vipers stiff competition.

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