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I know this sounds made up — off the coast of Canada, there are reefs made of glass
Most people picture warm, turquoise water and coral in every color when they think of a reef. Off the coast of British Columbia, hundreds of feet down in cold, dark water, there’s a very different kind: reefs built by animals with skeletons made of glass. For decades, scientists believed structures like these had vanished from…
A 1-In-100-Million ‘Ghost’ Lobster Just Joined A Maine University’s Genetics Study
A rare, nearly all-white lobster has moved into a research lab in Biddeford, Maine — and scientists say the odds of finding one like him in the wild are about one in 100 million. The lobster, donated by the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay, now lives at the University of New England’s Arthur P. Girard…
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A 700-Pound Sea Lion Was Found Shot At Least A Dozen Times In A Seattle River — And Investigators Still Don’t Know Why
A 700-pound California sea lion was found dead near the mouth of the Duwamish River in West Seattle on September 18, after a kayaker spotted the carcass near…
Rescuers Faced an Impossible Choice After Finding an Abandoned Dog Locked in a Cage
At 5 a.m. in Shelton, Connecticut, a construction crew arrived for work expecting an ordinary morning. Instead, they discovered a small dog locked inside a metal cage on…
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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Shieldbug Nymphs Sheltering in a Garden Beside the M25
Just beyond a line of trees in Hertfordshire, the M25 and M1 rumble past. On the near side, in a one-acre former…
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Foxes Rarely Live Past a Few Years, and Their Hunting May Help Keep Ticks in Check
A red fox trotting across a field at dusk lives a hard, short life. In the wild, most never see old age,…
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