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Marine Biology

Montague Island and the Sea Dogs

Image: Richard Vevers/Underwater Australia Australian Seals suffer something of an identity crisis. They are actually sea lions, not seals, and yet they look nothing like the fearsome jungle creature.

Living fossils: Long live the Horseshoe Crab

These arthropods are living fossils, practically unchanged in 445 million years. Born survivors, they have endured countless major changes on Earth, but we’re only just beginning to understand them.

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