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Biological community building

The Mammoth cave in the Unkrainean Crimea is a niche that we ourselves must have used temporarily but the cave communities of animals are often hidden away underwater and in...

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Island diversity using hosts

The Cape Verde islands are a volcanic mass rising from the mid-Atlantic, 570km from the African coast. Seabirds are able to colonise the cliffs and also use them in transit...

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Amazonian Solutions from 1200 A.D.

The circular mounds are the raised beds referred to in the text, enabling farmers to take advantage of drainage, fertility and increased moisture content; Credit Stephen Rostain The famed black...

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The Ice Age Elephant - Mammuthus primigenius

Illustration of a Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) The frozen and preserved remains of a shaggy monster that lived in Siberia at -40°C 10,000 years ago have been uncovered; they are...

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Burgess Shale - Life and death as they knew it

Burgess Shale-type fossils from the Greater Phyllopod Bed of the Burgess Shale (Walcott Quarry Member), photograph taken in cross-polarized light. The fine details of soft-bodied anatomy are preserved as thin...

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Water fleas swap infection for reproduction

Daphnia infected/uninfected; Credit: Georgia Tech/Meghan Duffy A water flea trades reproduction against resistance to a deadly parasite, scientists have discovered. The Daphnia dentifera zooplankton, which lives in freshwater, allows sporadic...

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Fishy modelling

Ever entered a race with barracuda. Now you can find out why not! - Barracuda Image via Shutterstock Using muscle modelling and more standard hydrodynamics, it seems computers have caught...

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Capsule to combat radioactive drinks

Scientists develop capsule that removes radioactive contamination from drinks; Credit: Allen Apblett, Ph.D. Scientists have created a capsule that eliminates radioactive contamination from food and drink. The capsule, which is...

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