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Montague Island and the Sea Dogs

Image: Richard Vevers/Underwater Australia Australian Seals suffer something of an identity crisis. They are actually sea lions, not seals, and yet they look nothing like the fearsome jungle creature.

Tahiti by boat: An aquatic journey through the majestic Marquesas

Behind the rugged mountain walls of Tahiti’s outermost islands lies a vibrant community with an ancient culture.

The world’s most beautiful, and deadly, volcanoes

More than 1,500 ground-rumbling, lava-spewing — and stunning — volcanoes dot the planet, changing their surroundings and renewing resources as they go.

Living fossils: Long live the Horseshoe Crab

These arthropods are living fossils, practically unchanged in 445 million years. Born survivors, they have endured countless major changes on Earth, but we’re only just beginning to understand them.

Do-it-yourself science projects: make a pinhole camera

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Reengineering Earth: geoengineering may alleviate the impacts of climate change

According to the US National Climatic Data Centre, the world is getting warmer. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the average global temperature has risen by 0.76ËšC, and the past decade is…

Black hole our galaxy’s darkest secret

At the very heart of our galaxy lies a black hole with a mass of 4 million suns. But stay calm ““ it is 26,000 light years away and has negligible influence at…

The shrinking giant: Time is running out for the Asian Elephant

Elephants may be the largest land mammal, but their presence is shrinking. We investigate the plight of Asian elephants on the world’s busiest continent.

Galaxy Cannibalism: The Milky Way’s terrible table manners

Large galaxies such as our Milky Way are believed to form through mergers and accretions of smaller galaxies.

Deep sea dives reveal new ocean species

Deep inside a volcanic lava tube in the Canary Islands, off the northwestern coast of Africa, lives a newly discovered cave crustacean called Speleonectes atlantida.

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