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A seal on its back underwater, close to the seafloor

Life

Watch some of the most endangered seals caught napping underwater

We used to think they only slept on land in caves, now endangered Mediterranean monk seals have been caught sleeping underwater for the first time

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Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

Life

Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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Seabird

Life

The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack

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Dead vaquita in net

Life

Last-ditch effort to save the world’s smallest porpoise agreed

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World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

Earth

World’s largest marine reserve agreed for Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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Fish swims to the same nest each year just like migrating birds

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Fish swims to the same nest each year just like migrating birds

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A robot floats in a small tank of water with the aid of four polystyrene balls on arm-like features

Technology

Soft robot with a mouth and gut can forage for its own food

News

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

Technology

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

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Underwater view of the seabed bubbling with methane taken by a submersible, with the submersible's arm visible in the bottom right

Life

Hundreds of deep-sea vents found spewing methane off US coast

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Two whales swimming along, one of them has left a plume of faeces behind it

Life

Whales’ dung is the real reason we need to stop hunting them

Growing evidence that whales boost fish numbers and play a crucial environmental role will take centre stage at a major whaling summit taking place this week

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Earth

Islands to lose fresh water as rising seas sink them from within

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Earth

Frogfish turns itself white to blend in with bleached corals

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Earth

Hurricane Matthew due to hit Haiti with 210kph winds today

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Life

Sound blasts could keep whales away from wind farm construction

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