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In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated ...

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Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising ...

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

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The internet is obsessed with a dog who has befriended local wildlife in his home by the sea. Ash the poodle lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, with his owner Meredith, 53. The seaside town is ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...

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