Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas

By CHRISTINA LARSON and PATRICK WHITTLEMarch 5, 2023 GMT 1 of 5 FILE - A sea turtle swims over coral

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The Tiny Blue-ringed Octopus Is the Ocean's Deadliest

Looks can be deceiving. That's definitely true for the blue-ringed octopus. It's tiny, stunningly be

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Watch: Spectacular underwater footage captures 'orca orchestra' in icy Antarctica waters

Watch: Spectacular underwater footage captures 'orca orchestra' in icy Antarctica waters

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica – A crewmember on board a Coast Guard ice-cutting ship got spectacular u

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These Young Shrimp Can Snap Their Claws as Fast as a Speeding Bullet

These Young Shrimp Can Snap Their Claws as Fast as a Speeding Bullet

Snapping shrimp create an air bubble in the water when they clamp their claws shut. Jacob Harrison v

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Orca pair devour 17 sharks in a day in South African killing spree, say marine biologists

Orca pair devour 17 sharks in a day in South African killing spree, say marine biologists

A pair of orca whales in South Africa killed 17 sharks in just "one sitting," said marine biologists

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Putrid 5,000-Mile Blanket of Seaweed Threatens Florida as It Creeps Closer

Putrid 5,000-Mile Blanket of Seaweed Threatens Florida as It Creeps Closer

Sargassum seaweed in the Bay of Soliman, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, 3 Wednesday August 2022. (Eduar

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Analysis: Warming oceans may force New Zealand's sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters

Analysis: Warming oceans may force New Zealand's sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters

By Frédérik Saltré, Karen A Stockin, and Katharina J. Peters for The Conversation The world's oceans

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Caribbean beaches covered in carpets of foul-smelling seaweed - is climate change to blame?

Caribbean beaches covered in carpets of foul-smelling seaweed - is climate change to blame?

Millions of tons of brown seaweed has washed up along Mexico's beaches this summer and it’s putting

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How to finance marine conservation without harming local communities

How to finance marine conservation without harming local communities

Subject to overfishing, marine megafauna – such as sharks, rays, and turtles – are among the world’s

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Marine Sponges ‘Sneeze’ to Expel Waste

Marine Sponges ‘Sneeze’ to Expel Waste

A good sneeze can almost be life changing. The relatively violent reaction clears mucus, water, and

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Walking Shark: Scientists investigate the mysterious shark that can move on land

Walking Shark: Scientists investigate the mysterious shark that can move on land

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares - but scientists are studying a shark that walks on land. You

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This tiny glowing snailfish can survive in the arctic thanks to antifreeze proteins

This tiny glowing snailfish can survive in the arctic thanks to antifreeze proteins

A species of tiny fish, the variegated snailfish (Liparis gibbus), lives in the icy cold waters off

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