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GoPro Left Underwater Captures Rare Seal and Whale Songs

GoPro Left Underwater Captures Rare Seal and Whale Songs

What happens in the ocean when no one's watching? Two divers found out by leaving a GoPro on the seafloor—and what it captured is astonishing.

GoPro Left Underwater Captures Rare Seal and Whale Songs

What happens in the ocean when no one's watching? Two divers found out by leaving a GoPro on the seafloor—and what it captured is astonishing.

Conservationists Are Using Glitter To Help These Critters Beat Extinction

Conservationists Are Using Glitter To Help These Critters Beat Extinction

Deep in the wetlands of Wales, a creative conservation experiment is glittering with promise. The country’s elusive and endangered water voles — small, shy rodents that play a vital role...

Conservationists Are Using Glitter To Help These Critters Beat Extinction

Deep in the wetlands of Wales, a creative conservation experiment is glittering with promise. The country’s elusive and endangered water voles — small, shy rodents that play a vital role...

Study Finds Songbirds Form Emotional Bonds That Mirror Human Loyalty

Study Finds Songbirds Form Emotional Bonds That Mirror Human Loyalty

In the wild, companionship is not just a human thing. For birds, social bonds often go deeper than survival instincts. From warblers who migrate together to superb starlings who help...

Study Finds Songbirds Form Emotional Bonds That Mirror Human Loyalty

In the wild, companionship is not just a human thing. For birds, social bonds often go deeper than survival instincts. From warblers who migrate together to superb starlings who help...

Scientists Find Millions Of Golden Eggs Hidden in Deep Sea Nursery Near Volcano

Scientists Find Millions Of Golden Eggs Hidden in Deep Sea Nursery Near Volcano

A million golden eggs. A live underwater volcano. A mysterious species thriving where life shouldn’t exist. Scientists dove into the Pacific and found something that rewrites what we thought we...

Scientists Find Millions Of Golden Eggs Hidden in Deep Sea Nursery Near Volcano

A million golden eggs. A live underwater volcano. A mysterious species thriving where life shouldn’t exist. Scientists dove into the Pacific and found something that rewrites what we thought we...

Underwater Volcano Near Oregon Set to Erupt and Ignite Ocean Life

Underwater Volcano Near Oregon Set to Erupt and Ignite Ocean Life

Nearly a mile beneath the Pacific, an underwater volcano is primed to erupt—and the ripple effects could reshape life on the ocean floor. Axial Seamount, just 300 miles off Oregon’s...

Underwater Volcano Near Oregon Set to Erupt and Ignite Ocean Life

Nearly a mile beneath the Pacific, an underwater volcano is primed to erupt—and the ripple effects could reshape life on the ocean floor. Axial Seamount, just 300 miles off Oregon’s...

Mysterious Supergiant Crustacean May Dominate the Deep Sea

Mysterious Supergiant Crustacean May Dominate the Deep Sea

Lurking in the darkest, most remote parts of the ocean is a creature that could easily go unnoticed—if it weren’t the size of a loaf of bread. Alicella gigantea, the...

Mysterious Supergiant Crustacean May Dominate the Deep Sea

Lurking in the darkest, most remote parts of the ocean is a creature that could easily go unnoticed—if it weren’t the size of a loaf of bread. Alicella gigantea, the...