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Discover: our online magazine about the natural world
Bringing you the latest stories and answering your big questions about nature.
Check out our news, features, videos and activities on everything from dinosaurs to the planetary emergency.
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Discover the importance of the oceans to life on Earth, the problems facing these waters, and how to conserve them.
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Science news
The evolution of birds made giant cicadas better flyers
An evolutionary ‘air race’ may have been taking place in forests during the age of dinosaurs.
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How ancient whale bones could help to restore the Antarctic
It's very difficult to know what the Antarctic was like before humans arrived – but whale bones could hold the answer.
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Date of first coral and algae symbiosis pushed back by 170 million years
Algae and coral have lived together for over 380 million years.
23 October 2024