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A single-day cleanup netted 41 blue whales' wor...
Detailed survey fills in missing gaps south of 60th parallel.
A barnacle-encrusted boat with Japanese lettering was discovered on a Northern California beach.
Young horned ghost crabs respond to changing sunlight.
Five striped fish apparently survived a journey across the Pacific.
The coral reefs surprisingly recovered from a warm spell.
Dinosaur-killing extinction event also clobbered deep-sea life, study suggests.
The storm is creating waves up to 42 feet high.
Carnivorous Humboldt squid flash skin-color changing rhythms when they encounter others of their species. Scientists don't yet know what these 'conversations' mean. Video-cams strapped to squid show arm-waving, fighting and mating behaviors.
There's likely only one species of mysterious giant squid.
The ocean's dark biosphere could be one of the world's biggest ecosystems.
"Lydia" the 2,000-pound (907 kg) Great White Shark is tagged with a satellite tracker and accelerometer by scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory and OCEARCH on March 3, 2013.
The western Pacific gray whale once seemed destined for extinction. Now it supports a booming tourism trade.
Papua New Guinea's Madang Lagoon reef threatened by tuna canneries.
The entire Maldives, a nation of low-lying islands, pledges to become a sustainable reserve.
Seals help scientists find a new source for cold, deep ocean water.
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