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Florida’s New Boating Law Opens the Floodgates to Marine Exploitation

Florida’s New Boating Law Opens the Floodgates to Marine Exploitation

Poachers may have just been handed a loophole the size of the Gulf. Florida’s controversial Boater Freedom Act removes key enforcement powers from officers patrolling the water—leaving springs, seagrass beds,...

Florida’s New Boating Law Opens the Floodgates to Marine Exploitation

Poachers may have just been handed a loophole the size of the Gulf. Florida’s controversial Boater Freedom Act removes key enforcement powers from officers patrolling the water—leaving springs, seagrass beds,...

Colorful sea slugs on vibrant green coral.

Discovering Clavelina ossipandae: The Tiny Sea Creature Resembling Panda Skeletons

Scientists and divers discovered Clavelina ossipandae, a new tiny sea creature resembling a swimming panda bear skeleton in Japan.

Discovering Clavelina ossipandae: The Tiny Sea Creature Resembling Panda Skeletons

Scientists and divers discovered Clavelina ossipandae, a new tiny sea creature resembling a swimming panda bear skeleton in Japan.

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?

Ocean’s Most Mismatched Lovers Reveal Nature’s Strangest Survival Strategy

In the open ocean, one octopus species lives a life more dramatic than fiction. The female blanket octopus reaches six feet long and floats like a living cape. Her mate?

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...

Drone Video Shows Speed Boat Smashing Into Great White Shark in Southern California Waters

A peaceful moment beneath the waves turned violent in an instant. A great white shark swimming just off the California coast was struck by a speeding boat—and the aftermath was caught...

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...

Lawmakers Push Plan That Could Drive Dolphins to Extinction

They survived harpoons and centuries of slaughter—but they may not survive Congress. A new bill threatens to gut the law that’s kept whales, dolphins, and sea otters alive for 50...

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...

Tiny Electric Pulses Turn Jellyfish into Relentless Ocean Explorers

Jellyfish with built-in circuit “hats” are now sprinting 4.5 × faster than nature ever intended—on just a few pennies of power. Each $20 biohybrid logs temperature, salinity, and pressure while...