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Octlantis: Where octopuses buck tradition and live in groups
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Can Our National Flagship Be Saved?
New Zealand earthquake lifts a bizarre sea wall up to land
First Ever Multicellular Animals Found In Oxygen-Free Environment
Pufferfish Don’t Hold Their Breaths To Stay Puffed, Scientists Find
Corpse flowers across the country are swapping pollen to stay stinky
Fish might be shrinking
To Harvest Natural Gas From the Ocean, Shell Is Building the World’s Largest Man-Made Floating Object
Underwater Robot Maps Polar Ice In 3-D
Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage
Rare Anglerfish Caught On Video
How much space do pandas need to survive?
We Asked Twelve Ocean Experts How to Save the Seas
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City-dwelling sea snakes are changing colors for a strange reason
Saving the Seas: Reducing Fertilizer Runoff to Resurrect Ocean Dead Zones
Saving the Seas: Protect Ecosystems by Outlawing Stowaway Creatures (or Just Eating Them)
Saving the Seas: Fixing the Water Cycle Is the Key
Saving the Seas: Bleaching Threatens Coral, But Phage Therapy Could Prevent “Ghostly” Reefs
How to use big data to avoid building highways to hell
Here’s a newt that kind of looks like a Klingon
This geophysicist uses rock-sniffing subs to understand polar magnetic flips
Looking for aliens in the Arctic
At 81, this record-breaking diver isn’t done exploring the ocean’s depths
This engineer has a wild plan to save coral reefs from climate change
For this deep-sea archaeologist, finding the Titanic at the bottom of the sea was just the start
Charting the volcanic eruptions that are pushing our world apart
Breaking the glass ceiling on the ocean floor
Bold Plans to Save the Seas
Five trailblazing inventions that uncovered the ocean’s deepest mysteries
Here are the last uncharted corners of the globe
WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct
Guess how many giant patches of garbage there are in the ocean now?
Six Years After Chemical Ban, Fewer Female Snails Are Growing Penises
Continuous Surveillance Will Yield Clues About Life Under the Sea
Putting a Price on Carbon Could Slow Oceans’ Acidification
Discarded oyster shells can help us grow food, make cement, and fight climate change
Sir Richard Branson Launches Virgin Oceanic, Will Explore the Deepest Depths of Every Ocean
These jellyfish seem to cheat death. What’s their secret?
Sea spiders use their guts to pump oxygen through their freaky little bodies
Scientists want to give the world a second chance at Caspian tigers
Sharks and rays are far less abundant in the world’s oceans than 50 years ago
Scientists may finally know why these magnificent corals glow in the dark
Mysterious geoglyphs can teach us about the Amazon’s past—and its worrisome future
Climate change and overfishing set a deadly trap for young penguins
Even animals deep below the ocean are being poisoned by toxic chemicals
Elephants Able To Detect Rainstorms 150 Miles Away
Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species
What’s The Environmental Cost Of The 2014 Winter Olympics?
Artificial algae could help save our oceans
Here are the teams competing to map the ocean for $7 million in prizes
I spent a week exploring how we’ll have to live in post-water America
The Australian Eastern Abyss is a treasure trove of strange, often penis-shaped animals
Taking manatees off the endangered species list doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them
Video: How Tiny Sea Monkeys Drive Huge Ocean Currents
Resurrecting extinct animals might do more harm than good
Busted: International Narwhal Tusk Smuggling Ring
The essential tools of an underwater researcher
Dams on the Amazon River could have widespread, devastating impacts—and we keep building more of them
Gray seals are making a huge comeback
Coral reefs show signs of climate stress, but there’s still hope
Mussels Inspire A Glue That Works Underwater
Celebrate World Ocean’s Day with these gorgeous photos of the sea
Pandas have cute markings because their food supply sucks
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