The glowing patterns on the underside of a lantern shark may help camouflage the animal from below, scientists say. Hormones trigger the luminescence, a new study shows.
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The long, tubular proboscis (arrow, left image) sported by some species of scorpionflies suggests that the insects were pollinating ancient plants including conifers (right) millions of years before flowers evolved.
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Fresh view from Hubble. The Hubble Space Telescope’s new Wide Field Camera 3 captured this image of the spiral arm of the M83 galaxy, which is 15 million light-years from Earth. The image reveals individual stars as well as clusters of stars both old and new, NASA reports. Read more about Hubble’s recent upgrade.Found in: Atom & Cosmos
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A Misumena vatia spider doesn't at all match her flower but even this fashion disaster doesn't keep her from catching as much prey as color-coordinated females. Here she has ambushed a syrphid fly.
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