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For centuries, mariners have reported extraordinary glowing waters, known as milky seas, previously dismissed as myth. A new ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you’ll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades, scientists ...

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Thousands of electric blue, jellyfish-like sea creatures washed up on Central Coast beaches this week. Known by the nickname ...

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