A group of fishermen netted a $1.5 million whale vomit windfall after dredging up a 280-pound hunk of the stuff

A group of fishermen netted a $1.5 million whale vomit windfall after dredging up a 280-pound hunk of the stuff

A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million.Ambergris,

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Enjoy this 360 tour showing NASA’s giant training pool for astronauts

Enjoy this 360 tour showing NASA’s giant training pool for astronauts

NASA has posted a 360 tour (above) of its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Hou

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Meet the ‘Megasailer,’ a 328-Foot Megayacht Concept With Huge Sails for Sustainable Cruising

Meet the ‘Megasailer,’ a 328-Foot Megayacht Concept With Huge Sails for Sustainable Cruising

If a megayacht and a sailboat had a baby, it might be a radical new concept by Nuvolari Lenard. The

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Climate change-resistant corals could provide lifeline to battered reefs | Penn Today

In 2015, nearly half of Hawaiʻi’s coral reefs were affected by the most severe bleaching event to da

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Chinese fishing armada accused of plundering waters around Argentina

Chinese fishing armada accused of plundering waters around Argentina

Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels have been swarming the coast of Argentina and pillaging the wate

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‘Simply no scenario’ where humanity can survive on an ocean-free planet

‘Simply no scenario’ where humanity can survive on an ocean-free planet

“Simply speaking, our relationship with our planet’s ocean must change”, Assembly President Volkan B

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Penniless fishermen strike gold finding whale vomit in carcass worth £1 million

Penniless fishermen strike gold finding whale vomit in carcass worth £1 million

A group of penniless fishermen found £1.1 million worth of "whale vomit" in the carcass of a mammal.

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Rusting WWII munitions are poisoning Europe's seas

Rusting WWII munitions are poisoning Europe's seas

During the 20th century, countless pieces of explosive ammunition were lost or intentionally dumped

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Humans are causing mass extinction at a rate not seen since the last major extinction event

Humans are causing mass extinction at a rate not seen since the last major extinction event

Roughly 66 million years ago, an asteroid or comet struck the planet and wiped out three-quarters of

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A 'Giant' Crustacean Scavenger Has Been Discovered Deep in The Ocean

A 'Giant' Crustacean Scavenger Has Been Discovered Deep in The Ocean

Eurythenes atacamensis. (Alan Jamieson) Discovering a new species and placing it on the tree of life

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Seaspiracy explored: Why are bottom trawling and bycatch such bad news?

Seaspiracy explored: Why are bottom trawling and bycatch such bad news?

‘Seaspiracy’, the popular Netflix documentary released earlier this year, has made words like ‘bycat

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Look at These Unnerving Photos of Beaches Destroyed by a Ship Burning at Sea

Look at These Unnerving Photos of Beaches Destroyed by a Ship Burning at Sea

Sri Lankan Navy remove debris washed ashore from MV X-Press Pearl. The ship has been burning for 12

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