Alex Summers is uploading CT scans of fish into an online database, for science.
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Print an Army of Giant, Articulated Fish From This 3-D Database
All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe
Several whales have been stranded on the coasts of the UK, Germany and the Netherlands this week. Here's the lowdown
Absurd Creature of the Week: The Voracious Fish That Looks Like a Pug and Stings Like a Bee
The stargazer spends its entire life looking like it just walked in on something...unseemly.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Magnificent Bearded Vulture Only Eats Bone. Metal, Dude
The beautiful bearded vulture feeds almost exclusively on skeletal fragments.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Wasp With a Metal-Reinforced Needle on Its Behind
Figs play host to a battle between two remarkable insects: a pollinator wasp and its enemy, a parasitic wasp with a metal-reinforced drill for a bum.
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WIRED’s Guide to the Year in Biology and Medicine
Keep reading for the most important events in health and biology this year.
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Absurd Creatures: This Fish Makes Hawaii’s Beaches in an … Unorthodox Way
That Hawaiian sand between your toes isn't just ground-up rock. In fact, very little of it is. The vast majority came out of a parrotfish.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Littlest, Most Adorable-est Seahorse Fits on Your Fingernail
May I introduce the charming, fantastically camouflaged pygmy seahorse.
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Your Face Is Covered in Mites, and They’re Full of Secrets
New research reveals that face mites evolved along with humans into at least four distinct lineages, hitching a ride across the world as humans migrated.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Sexy Saga of the Harlequin Beetle and the Pseudoscorpion
Welcome to Harlequin Beetle Airlines, where the skies aren’t so much friendly as they are sexually awkward.
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