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Life

Underwater tests reveal sharks may be smarter than you think

Sharks may be smarter than they seem. Recent experiments reveal they have a grasp of quantity and can learn cognitive skills from other sharks

News

Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet

Earth

Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet

Features

Ancient marine life

Life

Huge mega-rafts carried dinosaur-era animals on round-the-world trips

News

bees

Life

We still don't know how some animals find their way on huge migrations

Culture

grazing fish

Life

Reef halo riddle: What's behind the mysterious rings around coral?

Features

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Earth

Don’t miss: Earth from space, asteroid workouts and nature’s giants

Culture

The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth

Life

The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth

Features

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Life

We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life

Features

David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

Life

David Attenborough's Our Planet on Netflix is beautiful but empty

Culture

oil spill

Environment

From the archives: When oil turned Alaska's coastline black

The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 was one of the worst environmental disasters on record – but 30 years on, some good has come come of it

Regulars

Life

A chimp's hug shows it's time to accept that animals have feelings too

Culture

Mind

It's not an illusion, you have free will. It's just not what you think

Features

Technology

Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos

Culture

Life

Don't miss: Shark crime, optical games and dairy in the cross hairs

Culture