Ancient armored 'worm' is the Cambrian ancestor to three major animal groups

Ancient armored 'worm' is the Cambrian ancestor to three major animal groups

An artist reconstruction of Wufengella bengtsoni. (Image credit: Illustration made by Roberts Nichol

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Narwhals Are So Weird, Scientists Used Chaos Theory to Explain Their Behavior

Narwhals Are So Weird, Scientists Used Chaos Theory to Explain Their Behavior

Narwhals are enigmatic marine mammals, fascinating us with their unique appearance and secretive lif

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Coral select algae partnerships to ease environmental stress

Coral select algae partnerships to ease environmental stress

Reefscape in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i, with snorkeler. Credit: Mariana Rocha de Souza Corals live symbio

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Scientists scrutinize new video of orcas hunting great white sharks

Scientists scrutinize new video of orcas hunting great white sharks

View 2 Images Back in July, we heard how orcas were hunting great white sharks in South Africa, scar

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Tons of Discarded Fishing Nets Are Formed into the Wildlife They Entangle in Sculptures by Ghost Net Collective

Tons of Discarded Fishing Nets Are Formed into the Wildlife They Entangle in Sculptures by Ghost Net Collective

 All images © Ghost Net Collective, shared with permission courtesy of JGM Gallery A fishing net th

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Seagrass, not seaweed: Malaysia’s marine science group leads charge in climate-resilient seagrass sanctuary

Seagrass, not seaweed: Malaysia’s marine science group leads charge in climate-resilient seagrass sanctuary

Seagrass, less commonly known than its aquatic cousin seaweed, is often overlooked in providing a su

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Mesmerizing animation illustrates how deep the Earth's oceans are

Mesmerizing animation illustrates how deep the Earth's oceans are

Earth’s oceans are absolutely terrifying, especially when you stop to think about how unexplored it

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Tiger Sharks With Cameras Strapped To Their Backs Just Helped Researchers Map The World’s Largest Seagrass Meadow

Tiger Sharks With Cameras Strapped To Their Backs Just Helped Researchers Map The World’s Largest Seagrass Meadow

These sharks mapped more than 35,500 square miles of seagrass, which has extraordinary carbon-storin

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Octopus farming? This extraordinary and intelligent animal should stay in the ocean – Philip Lymbery

Octopus farming? This extraordinary and intelligent animal should stay in the ocean – Philip Lymbery

An octopus unscrews the lid of a jar to get hold of the crab inside, in an aquarium in Denmark (Pict

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'The reality is Earth is in serious trouble': Sylvia Earle on oceans in crisis

Sylvia Earle talks to CNBC's Tania Bryer at the One Young World summit about the need for collective

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Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska? Here’s what experts say

Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska? Here’s what experts say

A version of this story originally appeared at the environmental news site Mongabay by staff writer

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Rutgers University develops oyster reef ecosystem to prevent beach erosion

Rutgers University develops oyster reef ecosystem to prevent beach erosion

Sea level rise and increased storm events caused by climate change are accelerating erosion along th

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