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Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.
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NewsDolphins are exhaling microplastics through their blowhole
Tests on 11 dolphins in the USA revealed every one had tiny pieces of plastic in their breath.
16 October 2024 -
NewsHidden ecosystems discovered in seafloor beneath hydrothermal vents
Worms and snails are living in cavities under the bottom of the sea.
15 October 2024 -
NewsWildlife populations have plummeted by 73% in half a century
The WWF’s Living Planet Report comes with a stark warning that we are reaching a point of no return for nature.
11 October 2024 -
Science newsLargest ever millipede’s head revealed by 300-million-year-old fossils
Arthropleura's head reveals that millipedes and centipedes are closely related.
9 October 2024
