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Earth observation, climate, geology, oceans, ecosystems and the living world.


Koalas are the only non-primates with true fingerprints, and theirs are so close to a…

The metal-rich nodules that mining firms hope to hoover off the deep-sea floor grow…

Almost every nation pumps more carbon into the air than it removes, but one small…

Elephants appear to call each other by name

Sharks have no bones at all - their entire skeleton, jaws included, is built from…

To make a single pound of honey, the bees in a hive may visit around two million…

Scientists recorded more than 50 days of deep-ocean footage before a goblin shark…

Wood frogs freeze solid every winter — up to 65% of their body water turns to ice and…

Tropical tree mortality has risen in some long-term records, and scientists identified…

We tend to think of the deep ocean as dark and silent, but NOAA research found that 80…
