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Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

Life

Captive breeding is a final roll of the dice for the vaquita

The decline of the rare porpoise has brought us to the cusp of a risky project to put the animals in a sanctuary. Will it be enough, wonders Olive Heffernan

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Fishing boat

Life

My vertical underwater farming can restore the seas

Features

Seabed images show the scars icebergs carve into polar sea floor

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Seabed images show the scars icebergs carve into polar sea floor

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UK is failing to protect its marine areas

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UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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A white strand of a hair-like bacterium

Life

Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

Regulars

First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

The reef’s central portion is bleaching fast this year, following huge losses in the northern part last year – and climate change is the culprit

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Life

Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Earth

Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Life

Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Earth

Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

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