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Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

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Weird whale may be a hybrid of a narwhal mother and beluga father

DNA analysis of an unusually shaped skull found in west Greenland suggests the creature was a hybrid male whale, with a narwhal mother and beluga father

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Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are increasingly being bitten by great white sharks

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Sea otters are bouncing back - and into the jaws of great white sharks

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blue sharks

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Underwater tests reveal sharks may be smarter than you think

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Ancient marine life

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Huge mega-rafts carried dinosaur-era animals on round-the-world trips

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grazing fish

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Reef halo riddle: What's behind the mysterious rings around coral?

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oil spill

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From the archives: When oil turned Alaska's coastline black

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sharks

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Don't miss: Shark crime, optical games and dairy in the cross hairs

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vaquita

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World's most endangered marine mammal is now down to 10 animals

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flower hat jellyfish

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Flower hat jelly has colour-tipped tentacles for paralysing small fish

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Suckers

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Squid teeth could help make bioplastics and self-repairing clothes

A protein found in the suckered arms of squid could help make biodegradable plastics and clothes that repair themselves

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Environment

Growth of desalination plants is a serious problem for marine life

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Coral Whisperers review – How global warming is changing researchers

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Jellyfish offer a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution

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The Great Barrier Reef is fighting back by losing weak species

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