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Nature & Animals
Animals, ecosystems and biological perception.
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The Forest Below: What Fungal Networks Can—and Cannot—Tell Us
Fungi can connect plant roots. The difficult questions concern what travels, how much it matters, and where the language of a caring forest goes beyond the evidence.
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Bioluminescence: Why Life Makes Its Own Light
In the dark ocean, light is not merely illumination. For many organisms it is camouflage, a lure, a warning or a message.
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The Mantis Shrimp: Extraordinary Eyes, Unexpected Vision
More kinds of photoreceptors do not automatically mean better colour vision. The mantis shrimp shows why evolution is rarely that simple.