Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as "exceptionally rare."
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2014
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Pesticides accumulate in bodies with high fat content. This conclusion has been reported by scientists from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), who have been studying seabirds and marine mammals of the Sea of Okhotsk ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2018
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A new study that reconstructs the history of sea level at the Bering Strait shows that the Bering Land Bridge connecting Asia to North America did not emerge until around 35,700 years ago, less than 10,000 years before the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 26, 2022
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Climate change is a prime suspect in a mass die-off of Alaska's snow crabs, experts say, after the state took the unprecedented step of canceling their harvest this season to save the species.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2022
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The quest to discover what drove the last, long-term global climate shift on Earth, which took place around a million years ago, has taken a new, revealing twist.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2018
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The debate has raged in the world of paleo-climate research for years: When did the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America flood?
Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2020
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The world's smallest known whale population has dwindled to about 30 individuals, only eight of them females, according to a study released Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2010
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Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
Environment
Feb 6, 2009
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Today, sea-level rise is a great concern of humanity as climate change warms the planet and melts ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Indeed, great coastal cities around the world like Miami and New Orleans could be underwater ...
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2020
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The Arctic has experienced its second warmest year since 1900, according to a report published Tuesday, raising fears over low summer sea ice and rising sea levels.
Environment
Dec 11, 2019
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