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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

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Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

Hundreds of cement pillars with hooks have been deployed in the Gulf of California to snag fishing nets that threaten endangered porpoises, but these could also trap sea life and pollute the waters

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Cymatioa cooki

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Tiny clam that was thought to be extinct found alive

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Scar marks across the seabed indicate scallop dredging continues legally inside the protected area

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Dredging in crucial habitat sparks row over UK marine protected areas

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Megalodon

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Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites

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Indo-Pacific sponge Chelonaplysilla sp.

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Sponges can ‘sneeze’ and other sea creatures eat their mucus

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Fin whale in front of iceberg

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Southern fin whales have recovered to large numbers in the Antarctic

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A snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) at night

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Snapping shrimps have helmets to ward off shock waves from their claws

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Posidonia australis

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Australian seagrass has cloned itself to cover 180 kilometres of coast

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Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, Alonissos Island, GreeceMonk seal, Monachus monachus, which enters and swims in the sea. Endangered species. Alonissos Island, Sporades Islands, Greece (Photo by Cristian Umili/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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A dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin

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Rubbing against coral seems to be a popular skin treatment in dolphins

Bottlenose dolphins appear to seek out certain corals and sponges that produce compounds with antibacterial or hormone-like properties

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Ichthyosaur tooth from the Swiss Alps is largest ever discovered

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Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

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Scientists want to restore the oceans with artificial whale poo

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RoboKrill is a one-legged robot that mimics the way krill swim

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