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Biology
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Discovered in salmon muscle tissue, this unusual microscopic jellyfish relative completely lost its mitochondrial genome.
Nature
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Discovered in the late 20th century, this cephalopod not only changes color, but modifies its physical shape and behavior depending on the predator it faces.
Nature
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How a tiny shell-less mollusk consumes Portuguese man-of-war and stores their stinging cells intact to become more toxic than its prey.
Science and technology
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The only known animal that can reverse its life cycle
Nature
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Discovered alive in the deep ocean, this fish has a transparent dome that protects two green eyes capable of rotating inside its own skull.
Nature
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Discover why some marine creatures living in abyssal darkness grow to colossal proportions, defying surface size limits.
Nature
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Discover the biological secret of Turritopsis dohrnii, capable of reversing its aging process.
Nature
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Its ingenious strategy of imitating more than 15 venomous or dangerous species to survive on the sea beds of Indonesia and Australia.
Nature
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Tiny organisms that dazzle: when millions of marine microbes light up the waters with a living neon spectacle
Nature
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Discover how Glaucus atlanticus, an amazing pelagic mollusk, floats upside down on the ocean surface and uses the stinging cells of its prey to become a lethal predator.
Science and technology
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Every cell in your body emits a light so faint that it defies our perception, yet it could be key to understanding health and disease at a fundamental level.
Animals
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The animal that can return to its juvenile state indefinitely, defying the limits of known biology.