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China's deep-sea manned submersible "Fendouzhe," which means "striver" in Chinese, descended 10,909 meters in the Mariana...
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It turns out getting beheaded doesn't mean automatic death for every animal. Researchers discovered that two species of sea slugs, Elysia cf...
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Cancer should be a near certainty for whales, the longest-living and largest mammals there are -- but scientists are finding that cetaceans are...
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A British fossil hunter has found a previously unidentified "sea dragon" on the southern English coast. Steve Etches unearthed the well-...
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Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say they have found a previously unknown species of whale. Three beaked whales were spotted last...
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Bar-tailed godwit flies more than 12,000km from Alaska to New Zealand in 11 days. A bird said to have the aerodynamic build of a “jet fighter...
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Scientists drilling off the coast of West Antarctica have found the fossil remains of forests that grew in the region 90 million years ago - in the...
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Killer whales, or orcas, are the largest members of the oceanic dolphin family. While the intelligent mammals, which hunt in large pods, are known...
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Lamprey fish have terrifying teeth and no jaw — but there's a global movement to save this living fossil. The blood-sucking, ancient lamprey might...
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Plankton don’t get the credit they deserve. Despite weighing at just 1% of the world’s photosynthetic biomass, these predominantly unicellular...
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