For years, this fossil seemed to tell a thrilling story. Here was an animal from more than 300 million years ago that ...

When the bottom-dwelling worms of Denmark’s fjords rise up in summer to spawn, they are predated by the resident jellyfish.

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Those who venture into Foul Air Cave, below Buchan township in eastern Victoria, quickly realise how it got its ominous name.

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A new form of imaging has unseated an octopus from its oldest fossil title, but resulted in a new discovery in the process.

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