After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud, researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life
A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) was able to revive dormant stages of ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
New species found while cleaning out freezer. See ‘unusual’ creature from Maldives
“The material described herein was found during a freezer clean up: in a pudding of old ice and forgotten Eppendorf tubes, a ...
How corroding sea structures can provide vital habitats for marine life
Rust can be incredibly annoying if it appears on your new bicycle or car, but if you are a free-floating baby marine animal ...
Sea bird chicks, eggs getting intensive care at bird rescue center in San Pedro
The sea birds will be released when their flight feathers grow and they can feed themselves — in about three months, care ...
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Ancient parasite used Venus flytrap-like butt to lay eggs in victims
If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...
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Stunning Antarctic Sea Creatures Discovered after Iceberg Breaks Away
A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...
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‘Fragile’ deep-sea creature — with 20 tentacles — discovered as new species in Pacific
Far below the surface of the South China Sea, a creature with “glass-like” skin was discovered. Greg Nerantzakis via Unsplash Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea ...