The black swallower fish

Piranhas have a reputation as some of the most dangerous freshwater hunters: terrifying predators capable of devouring a large mammal in mere minutes. Hollywood horror films have a lot to answer for.

W hen a peacock mantis shrimp strikes, it generates the heat of a star. The crustacean retracts a spring-loaded mouthpart known as a dactyl club and puts it on a latch, like a cowboy cocking the hamme

An ecosystem evolves across thousands of years, a biological interaction that is both intricate and fragile. The arrival of a new species can disrupt the balance, as we have seen in Britain with grey

In 1977, the year the movie Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was released, marine geologists laid eyes on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent for the first time. They were diving inside the submersible, kn

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Sporting its dapper monochrome plumage, a black (or American) skimmer calls to its colony-mates on a busy Florida beach. A member of the tern family and one of just three skimmer species worldwide, th