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As the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains, humanity’s burning of fossil fuels and land use ...

So the clue was, ‘This temperate coral undergoes quiescence in the winter. Another word for this is … ?’” Anya Brown has ...

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called ...

Covered in lush fur, the thickest in the animal kingdom, sea otters can live their entire lives in the ocean, feeding heavily upon seafloor animals such as shellfish and crustaceans. Eelgrass ...

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The directors of ‘Ocean with David Attenborough' share their favourite locations from the new documentary film ...

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Australian researchers have discovered coral bred from reefs in warmer oceans are more able to survive in extreme heat stress ...