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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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The tides are getting stronger thanks to the shifting continents

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Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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A fossil may rewrite the story of how plants first lived on land

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

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A very pregnant female ray had to fend off four courting males

Giant devil rays have been filmed courting for the first time, and it turns out the males do not even wait for the females to give birth

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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