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What robots can learn from fish and fancy math
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
CT scans of shark intestines find Nikola Tesla’s one-way valve
Evolution proves to be just about as ingenious as Nikola Tesla
Researchers announce a new state of matter: swirlons
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
NOAA discovers a new, beautifully weird sea creature
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
Zebrafish give new insight to sound sensitivity in autism
These tiny fish are helping scientists understand how the human brain processes sound.
Isolated island group is now one of the world’s largest animal sanctuaries
One of the world's most isolated island groups has just been made one of the world's largest ocean reserves.
Scientists discover why fish evolved limbs and left water
Researchers find a key clue to the evolution of bony fish and tetrapods.
Beyond Meat: Are you ready for lab-grown salmon?
An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it's coming.
Sharks flee in terror when killer whales show up
Sharks fear killer whales. How does this impact the ecosystems they share?
Scientists find 16 “ultra-black” fish species that absorb 99.9% of light
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.
Giant whale sharks have teeth on their eyeballs
The ocean's largest shark relies on vision more than previously believed.
The great white shark has surprising dining habits
Scientists are befuddled by where the shark gets most of its food.
Chemists develop fast-degrading plastic for cleaner oceans
The researchers hope to develop a no-trace plastic to curtail marine pollution and ghost fishing.
Atomic bomb tests help scientists finally date sharks
Nuclear weapons, whale sharks, and how to use both to make eco-tourism more sustainable.
Eating fish may have given Neanderthals brainpower
A new finding suggests Neanderthals were far from the big dumb brutes we make them out to be.
1,000 years from now, lego bricks could be found in the ocean
A new study says that it could be centuries before millions of the classic toys submerged in the Earth's seas disintegrate.
Climate change may bring acidic oceans full of jellyfish
One often-neglected result of climate change is ocean acidification. If this process continues, we may start to see fewer fish and more jellyfish.
Why the ocean you know and love won’t exist in 50 years
Can sensitive coral reefs survive another human generation?
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Scientists map great white shark genome, revealing clues about cancer and healing wounds
Can learning about the great white shark help protect us from cancer?
Behold, close-ups of the sand from around the cosmos
Think you've seen sand? You haven't seen sand.
Organic farming is ‘much worse’ for the climate than conventional food production, researchers say
More farm space equals more carbon.
‘Aquatic life is bathing in a soup of antidepressants,’ says marine biologist
Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat.
Depressed Fish May Seem Like a Joke to You, But It’s Serious to Them
Scientists realize that fish are sentient and intelligent, though unfortunately, they also get depressed.