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This sleek, black creature of the deep is a master of speed and agility, gliding effortlessly through the ocean’s vast ...

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Despite the baffling array of characters, now including the Ash People (a psychotic mob led by the shrieking and monstrous Varang, played by an unrecognisable Oona Chaplin), the thrust of the story ...

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For centuries, the Kraken haunted the edges of maritime maps — a monstrous sea creature said to rise from the depths and drag entire ships into the abyss. Long dismissed as folklore, new research is ...

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Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone. By Elizabeth Preston Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared.

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For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. By Emily Anthes About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco ...