Sea Cucumbers: The Excremental Heroes of Coral Reef Ecosystems

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Drone surveillance reveals just how big a contribution sea cucumbers make to reef habitats. treetstr

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Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds

Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds

Fishing boats that trawl the ocean floor release as much carbon dioxide as the entire aviation indus

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Harbour porpoises attracted to oil platforms when searching for food

Harbour porpoises attracted to oil platforms when searching for food

IMAGE: The study site with the oil and gas platform Dan-F in the Danish sector of the central North

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Whales engage in social and cultural learning, study indicates

Whales engage in social and cultural learning, study indicates

Whaler logbooks from the North Pacific over the past 200 years indicate an astounding trend in whale

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Trawling ocean floor for fish has carbon footprint equivalent to global aviation

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Commercial fishing vessels which drag the ocean floor produce carbon emissions on a level with globa

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Mako-Ing History: Uncovering Mako Shark Movements In The Gulf Of Mexico

Mako Shark

Edit: Have included comments from Shark Advocates International. “Highly mobile species [such as sha

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This Walrus Fell Asleep on an Iceberg and Woke Up in Ireland

This Walrus Fell Asleep on an Iceberg and Woke Up in Ireland

Experts say a nap gone wrong led to a very rare sighting. Ever drift off to sleep on the train, subw

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UH Hilo alumna is now a NOAA postdoc, scientific diver, biologist studying the health of coral reefs - UH Hilo Stories

UH Hilo alumna is now a NOAA postdoc, scientific diver, biologist studying the health of coral reefs - UH Hilo Stories

While at UH Hilo, Danielle Claar thrived in the island environment where she honed her scientific re

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First ever sighting of a walrus in Ireland after it is thought to have drifted across Atlantic after falling asleep on iceberg

First ever sighting of a walrus in Ireland after it is thought to have drifted across Atlantic after falling asleep on iceberg

The young girl who first spotted the walrus thought to have drifted to Ireland from the Arctic has c

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These underwater photos show Norfolk Island reef life still thrives, from vibrant blue flatworms to soft pink corals

These underwater photos show Norfolk Island reef life still thrives, from vibrant blue flatworms to soft pink corals

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this new series

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An Underwater Revolution Millions of Years Ago Rewrote The Script of The Ocean

An Underwater Revolution Millions of Years Ago Rewrote The Script of The Ocean

Illustration of the marine arthropod Sanctacaris. (Sebastian Kaulitzki/Getty Images) NATURE Look far

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France underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia, study finds

France underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia, study finds

The findings, published by the investigative journalism newsroom Disclose, suggest that the radiatio

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