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Hundreds of dead crabs on the beach at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool in 2021 https://twitter.com/12BBYTHESEASIDE/status/1452164992845983744 Paul Grainger (permissions granted)

Environment

What’s causing a mass die-off of crabs on the UK coast?

A new study points to pyridine pollution as the most likely culprit behind the deaths of crustaceans, with dredging in the river Tees a possible source

News

Artist's impression of three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star

Space

Earth's algae and moss could survive under the light of another star

News

Saturn's moon Enceladus

Space

Enceladus shown to have all six of the essential elements for life

News

TOP IMAGE - Jason deCaires Taylor, Rubicon, 2016. Picture credit: @jasondecairestaylor(page 181) Stainless steel, pH-neutral cement, basalt and aggregates,installation view, Museo Atl?ntico, Las Coloradas, Lanzarote, Atlantic Ocean

Humans

Art of the ocean: How artists have depicted the marine world

Regulars

Illustration of a ribosome

Life

Self-replicating protein factories are a step towards artificial life

News

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

Humans

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

Comment

aerial view of a Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas). reefs of the Sea of Cortez, Pacific ocean. Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The world's aquarium.; Shutterstock ID 623521508; purchase_order: 10 Sept 2022 issue; job: Photo; client: NS; other:

Life

Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them

Culture

DNA

Physics

Is life the result of the laws of entropy?

News

artificial membrane

Technology

Synthetic membrane could lead to self-replicating artificial cells

News

Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, Alonissos Island, GreeceMonk seal, Monachus monachus, which enters and swims in the sea. Endangered species. Alonissos Island, Sporades Islands, Greece (Photo by Cristian Umili/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Life

Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

Populations of Mediterranean monk seals began shrinking when seafaring civilisations expanded around the Mediterranean basin

News

Video

Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties

Video

Life

A soil bacterium forms multicellular organisms with specialised roles

News

Life

Vaquitas could breed their way back from the brink of extinction

News

Life

Huge flightless swan roamed the ancient seas with a cradle on its back

News