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Iceland volcano: Mass of magma pooling beneath ground north of Grindavík indicates imminent eruptionMagma continues to accumulate in a chamber beneath Svartsengi and has now reached levels thought to have triggered the volcanic eruption that sent lava flowing into Grindavík on Jan. 14.
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'Nothing is out of the question': Iceland volcano primed to erupt again, Grindavík still in danger zoneThe Icelandic Met Office has warned magma beneath Reykjanes Peninsula is quickly reaching levels seen before the Jan. 14 eruption, and a fissure could open with just one hour of warning.
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Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before deathFootage of Labord's chameleon in last moments of her short life shows her skin burst into 'chaotic technicolor patterns' — a spectacle never observed in the wild before.
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Pangolin courtship ritual and birth of a 'pangopup' captured in incredible, rare footagePangolin courtship rituals can last hours and require lots of adjusting for the couple's scaly armor, incredible new footage shot for the PBS series "Big Little Journeys" reveals.
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'The area has reactivated': Iceland volcano gears towards another eruption leaving Grindavík in precarious positionIceland volcano appears to be gearing up for another eruption as more magma accumulates beneath the surface and the land around Svartsengi continues to rise.
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Iceland volcano could erupt again 'without warning' as magma still moving beneath GrindavíkTwo fissures spewing lava opened up near Grindavík, destroying three houses in the town — and experts have warned new eruptions could take place any time.
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Whale with broken back spotted near Mexico after suspected ship collision will likely dieA humpback whale off Baja California Sur with a deformed spine was likely hit by a ship and the injury will probably be fatal, an expert told Live Science.
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'This is unlikely to be an isolated event': 1st polar bear death from bird flu spells trouble for speciesBird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change.
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10 creatures that washed up on the world's beaches in 2023Rare sightings and haunting creatures of the deep appeared on beaches around the world this year — here are 10
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Our favorite stories about Earth and its creatures this yearDolphins with thumbs and eruptions of diamonds from Earth's center topped our list of favorite stories this year.
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Iceland volcano LIVE: Likelihood of further eruptions diminished, lava flows appear to have ceasedLIVE Latest updates on the volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, which began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18) north of the small fishing village of Grindavík following weeks of localised earthquakes and sinkholes.
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Jellyfish elevator carrying fish from ocean depths captured in weird, otherworldly photoImage of a fish catching a lift on a jellyfish elevator is one of the winners of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.
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Breathtaking photos show wall of lava erupting from volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes PeninsulaA huge volcanic fissure appeared in Iceland on Dec. 18, spewing lava up to 100 feet into the air — and the eruption has been captured in incredible pictures.
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Watch ancient, giant millipede the size of a car brought back to life in remarkable reconstructionThe massive, extinct millipede Arthropleura has been brought back to life in a stunning reconstruction for the Netflix series "Life on Our Planet."
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Stunning footage captures tiny bird's fight for survival in massive Saharan sandstormFirst of its kind footage captured for National Geographic's "Incredible Animal Journeys" shows a barn swallow caught in a sandstorm as part of its migration through the Sahara Desert.
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'It may take more time': Risk of eruption from Iceland volcano still high, with ground 'continuing to swell'Almost two weeks after the town of Grindavík was evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption, the magma dike beneath Iceland still poses a high risk, with earthquakes and ground deformation ongoing.
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Iceland volcano could burst like a 'fizzy drink,' with lava reaching Blue Lagoon resort in daysMagma building beneath Iceland may break through the surface in a volcanic eruption, sending lava flows toward the Blue Lagoon, the Svartsengi geothermal power plant and the town of Grindavík.
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Supervolcano 'megabeds' discovered at bottom of sea point to catastrophic events in Europe every 10,000 to 15,000 yearsFour huge deposits from supervolcano eruptions over the last 40,000 years have been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.
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'Time's finally up': Impending Iceland eruption is part of centuries-long volcanic pulseIceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is now in a new era of volcanic eruptions that will last for up to 500 years, and the building magma beneath Sundhnúkur and Grindavík is part of this millenia-long cycle.
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Iceland volcano: Eruption feared as 10-mile-long 'magma tunnel' forms beneath townAuthorities in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption is imminent, with the town of Grindavík, close to the country's famous Blue Lagoon resort, evacuated.
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New island that emerged from the ocean off Japan is now visible from spaceA newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.
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Watch a huge megapod of acrobatic spinner dolphins in incredible, rare videoA megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica.
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Wolf spider mama wearing crown of babies captured in stunning photoWinning images from The Nature Conservancy's 2023 Global Photo Contest include a wolf spider in a Maryland park with a hat made of her own babies.
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Watch this monstrous 'sea devil' goosefish walk along the bottom of the ocean off the Galapagos IslandsFootage filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface shows a goosefish strolling along the seafloor before turning its bulbous head and bulging eyes straight at the camera.
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