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Incredible Video: Curious Whale Inspects Underwater RobotA lucky group of ocean lovers got the surprise of a lifetime when a huge sperm whale swam into their live video broadcast.
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Boneworms Dined on Ancient Sea SerpentsBone-eating worms that can devour an entire whale carcass were also feasting on prehistoric reptiles more than 100 million years ago.
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How to Avoid a Shark AttackTeaching people when and where to swim (to avoid sharks), and improving the emergency response to shark bites, can significantly reduce the number of deaths.
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200 Years After Tambora, Indonesia Most at Risk of Deadly Volcanic BlastTwo hundred years after the biggest volcanic blast in recorded history, scientists have ranked the countries most at risk of another deadly eruption.
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10 Most Hazardous Countries For Volcanoes (Photos)Here are the countries most at risk of a deadly volcanic eruption, according to an international team of experts known as the Global Volcano Model network.
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Land Bridge Linking Americas Rose Earlier Than ThoughtNew geologic evidence suggests the Isthmus of Panama emerged from the sea up to 15 million years ago, millions of years earlier than thought.
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Ocean of Acid Blamed for Earth's 'Great Dying'Death by acid was the key killer in Earth's biggest mass extinction, some 251 million years ago.
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Amazing Image of Colorful Rocks Wins NASA Photo ContestA powerful portrait of plate tectonics took the top prize this year in NASA's annual photo tourney, called Tournament Earth.
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Explosive Culprit? Russian Fireball's Origins FoundA cracking fireball that exploded over Russia last year appears to share an orbit with a huge asteroid discovered in October 2014.
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Controversy Blooms Over Earliest Flower FossilA tiny flower pressed between layers of sandstone for more than 160 million years could be the earliest angiosperm fossil ever found.
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Trace Amounts of Fukushima Radiation Turn Up in CanadaVery low levels of radioactive isotopes leaked from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have been detected along the North American coast for the first time.
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Western Canada's Glaciers Could Vanish by 2100Much of western Canada's glacial ice could disappear by the end of the 21st century.
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Here Be Dragons: 3 Spiky Lizard Species Found in AndesColorful, spiky and only a few inches long, three new lizard species discovered in the Andes may be the cutest dragon stand-ins on Earth.
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2011 Japan Tsunami Unleashed Ozone-Destroying ChemicalsThe 2011 Japan tsunami released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.
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Huge Colorado Floods Helped Sculpt MountainsA new study has shown that although huge floods are rare in human lifetimes, they are responsible for sculpting the steep mountains in Colorado's semiarid landscape.
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California Obliterates Record for Lowest Snowpack EverThe California snowpack is at a record low, and the state announced mandatory water restrictions today.
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Global Rain and Snow Swirl Across Stunning New MapsStunning new global maps of rain and snow pummeling the planet were released by NASA today.
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Hunting on Land Can't Help a Hungry Polar BearEven though some polar bears are hunting on land more often in areas hit by shrinking Arctic sea ice, a diet of bird eggs and berries can't sustain these huge animals, a new study finds.
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Tiny Songbird Is a Champion Long-Distance FlierThe blackpoll warbler migrates more than 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) in two or three days, a new tracking study confirms.
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Tampons Can Screen for Leaking SewageOrdinary tampons can detect sewage pollution, a new study shows.
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Ancient 4-Eyed Predator Wielded Wicked Toothy ClawsYawunik kootenayi, a new Cambrian predator with a wicked set of arms under its four-eyed face, reveals that early arthropods were experimentalists.
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Gallery: Prehistoric Predator Had Dual-Purpose Pinchers -
Antarctica's Ice Shelves Are Thinning FastIn West Antarctica, some ice shelves could melt away within a century.
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Deadly Oklahoma Twister Ends Slow Start to Tornado SeasonThe oddly calm tornado season owes a debt to the weather patterns responsible for the East's cold, snowy spring and the West's warm, dry drought.
