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"Suddenly I realise what’s going on. There’s no wounded animal here – it’s a mother giving birth."

After swimming about 60m, I notice a big, murky cloud. It’s blood, though it looks greenish in the water, and I realise that ...
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This animal eats plastic and poops it out at the bottom of the sea – and scientists just recorded it

In a scientific first, researchers have recorded how quickly microplastics pass through the gut of zooplankton to better ...
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What causes — and doesn’t cause — marine mammal strandings along NC's coast

Marine animal stranding team members and scientists, including Craig Harms, assess a sperm whale that stranded at Nags Head last December. Marine mammal experts on North Carolina’s coast want to ...