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How to use candles and incense sustainably

Reconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimp. The ancient lizard widely opens its skinny snout and large mouth to swallow a large ball of shrimp.

The planet’s first filter feeder could be this extinct marine reptile

By Laura Baisas

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

A side view of a great white shark. Regional endothermy in fish has been seen in apex predators like the great white sharks or giant tuna.

Megalodon’s warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today

By Laura Baisas

A banded sea snake swimming freely

Some sea snakes may not be colorblind after all

By Laura Baisas

Oysters can’t sleep—and your lights might be the cause

Oysters can’t sleep—and your lights might be the cause

By Hannah Seo/Hakai Magazine

A tidal stream energy generator called the O2, made by Orbital Marine Power Ltd, extracts energy from the tides off the coast of Scotland and feeds it into the electric grid.

Testing the waters: Scotland surges ahead on ocean Power

By Dan Falk / Undark

A sea otter resting in a kelp bed in Monterey Bay, California.

Sea otters can help conserve vital kelp forests

By Laura Baisas

An artist's rendition of the Perucetus colossus.

This giant sea cow-like whale may have been the heaviest creature to ever live on Earth

By Sara Kiley Watson

A single humpback whale calf swimming in the waters off of French Polynesia.

We finally know how baleen whales make noise

By Laura Baisas

An artist's illustration of a megalogon, which went extinct 3.6 million years ago and are believed to have grown to lengths of 50 feet.

Megalodons were likely warm-blooded, despite being stone-cold killers

By Laura Baisas

What does sleep mean for animals?

What does sleep mean for animals?

By Carolyn Wilke/Knowable Magazine

a humpback whale breaching the surface of the water with its mouth open

Baleen whales have an ‘oral plug’ to help them guzzle down food without choking

By Kate Baggaley

A bat sea star on a dark background.

The blueprints for early organs may be hiding in sea stars

By Laura Baisas

robotic buoy floating in ocean

Whale-monitoring robots are oceanic eavesdroppers with a mission

By Charlotte Hu

bottlenose dolphins

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

Members of the Dutch Tall Ship Oosterschelde wave goodbye from the quay in Rotterdam on August 4, 2023. The Rotterdam ship departs for a two-year world tour that scientist Charles Darwin made two centuries ago.

Mission to recreate Darwin’s scientific Beagle voyage sets sail

By Laura Baisas

Environmental DNA is everywhere. Scientists are gathering it all.

Environmental DNA is everywhere. Scientists are gathering it all.

By Peter Andrey Smith/Undark

A tiny fish is more genetically diverse than we thought. Here’s why that matters.

A tiny fish is more genetically diverse than we thought. Here’s why that matters.

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

Paramecium bursaria under a microscope. All creatures whose cells house a nucleus, including Paramecium bursaria, can be traced back to a common ancestor called the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor (LECA).

Newfound single-celled hunters may have been Earth’s first-ever predators

By Laura Baisas

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Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow need $10 million

By Laura Baisas

A white stylized head with crumpled paper overflowing from the top is captured with a motion blur effect against a blue background. This conceptual art represents a scattered mind, information overload, and the chaotic nature of overthinking.

Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why.

By James Agathos, Andrea Putica, Trevor Steward / The Conversation

Illustration of T. rex dinosaur with bloody mouth at the end of a lake with mountains in the background.

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What did T. rex’s breath smell like?

By RJ Mackenzie

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