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How bears catch salmon: the skills behind Fat Bear Week
From Bucky’s unusual fishing spot to selective feeding and autumn snorkeling, the skills behind Fat Bear Week go well beyond…
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Virus from marine animals may be behind a rare eye illness in people
A strange new line may have just been drawn between the sea and human disease. In China, doctors have identified…
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7 Hairy Frogfish types that show nature’s wildest camouflage in action
The hairy frogfish is easily one of the ocean’s oddest masters of disguise. With its scruffy filaments, squat body, and…
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The Goliath Tigerfish: Africa’s most dangerous freshwater predator
Lurking in the roiling rivers of Central Africa is a predator so feared, it has earned a reputation as the…
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The truth behind those ‘stoned dolphins’ and their toxic pufferfish toy
It started with a slow float. In a 2013 BBC documentary, a pod of adolescent dolphins was filmed gently passing…
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New study links guppy color to brainpower, sex drive, and survival
Male guppies are tiny, tropical fish, but their looks could rival any fashion week runway. The flashier the color, the…
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The oarfish called the ‘doomsday fish’ just washed ashore in Mexico
They called it the “doomsday fish,” and for good reason. On February 9, beachgoers in Playa El Quemado, Baja California…
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Ocean Surprise: Documenting the Elusive Anglerfish in Broad Daylight
A gentle wind stirred the deck of the vessel Glaucus as marine photographer David Jara Bogunyà readied his underwater camera.…
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The Spotted Handfish of Tasmania, Australia that ‘walks’ underwater
They call it the fish that walks, a small but entrancing creature meandering along the silty depths of Tasmania’s Derwent…
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