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Study Shows Physics Shapes Nature’s Fangs, Spines and Stingers

It reveals a sharpness-versus-sturdiness trade-off that steers convergent evolution, informing bioinspired design.

Study Reveals Rich Life in Japan’s Deep Trenches, Including a Mystery Animal

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

37-Year Chesapeake Study Finds Cannibalism Drives Juvenile Blue Crab Deaths

ROV Captures Rare Giant Phantom Jellyfish Off Argentina at 253 Meters

MBARI Releases Rare 4K Footage of Seven-Arm Octopus Feeding in Monterey Bay

Microscopic Flatworm Can Grow Two Heads and Flip Its Body Axis, Study Finds

New Deep-Sea Coral Iridogorgia chewbacca Formally Described in Western Pacific

Cambrian Fossil Reveals Spider Brain Structure and Sea Origin for Arachnids

Grinding Tomography Reveals 40 New Squid Species in 100-Million-Year-Old Rock

Researchers Capture First Live Footage of Antarctic Squid in Deep Weddell Sea