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Side-by-side comparison showing pale, hair-like coral on the left and Chewbacca from Star Wars on the right, highlighting their similar shaggy appearance.

Scientists Name Shaggy Coral Species Found Off Hawai‘i and Mariana Trench After Star Wars Character

A new coral has been discovered in the Pacific that looks like it came straight out of Star Wars. With shaggy, flexible branches resembling fur, the so-called “Chewbacca coral” was...

Scientists Name Shaggy Coral Species Found Off Hawai‘i and Mariana Trench After Star Wars Character

A new coral has been discovered in the Pacific that looks like it came straight out of Star Wars. With shaggy, flexible branches resembling fur, the so-called “Chewbacca coral” was...

Conjoined Turtle Twins Fight for Life After Rare Surgery in Virginia

Conjoined Turtle Twins Fight for Life After Rare Surgery in Virginia

Two baby turtles hatched from the same egg in Virginia, bound together by a shared yolk. Their chances of survival were almost zero—until a team of experts made a daring...

Conjoined Turtle Twins Fight for Life After Rare Surgery in Virginia

Two baby turtles hatched from the same egg in Virginia, bound together by a shared yolk. Their chances of survival were almost zero—until a team of experts made a daring...

Split image showing a trash-filled forest stream on the left and volunteers cleaning up plastic waste near a riverbank on the right.

Plastic Rain — Forest Soils Fill With Plastic While We Breathe The Fallout

Plastic isn’t just in oceans—it’s falling from the sky. Forest canopies “comb” microplastics out of the air, then rain and leaf fall drive them into the soil.

Plastic Rain — Forest Soils Fill With Plastic While We Breathe The Fallout

Plastic isn’t just in oceans—it’s falling from the sky. Forest canopies “comb” microplastics out of the air, then rain and leaf fall drive them into the soil.

A chimpanzee leaning against a tree with its arm bent, gazing forward with a thoughtful expression.

Scientists Discover Chimpanzees Ingest the Equivalent of Multiple Cocktails A Day

Wild chimpanzees are unknowingly sipping on nature’s cocktails. New research shows they consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks a day from ripe, fermented fruit. But here’s the twist—they...

Scientists Discover Chimpanzees Ingest the Equivalent of Multiple Cocktails A Day

Wild chimpanzees are unknowingly sipping on nature’s cocktails. New research shows they consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks a day from ripe, fermented fruit. But here’s the twist—they...

Two squids swimming side by side over a coral reef in clear blue water.

Penguins And Whales Stand To Lose As Squid Stocks Collapse In The South Atlantic

The Falklands brim with life—penguins crowd the beaches, whales return to feed, and seals haul out along the shores. But this vibrant ecosystem is under siege.

Penguins And Whales Stand To Lose As Squid Stocks Collapse In The South Atlantic

The Falklands brim with life—penguins crowd the beaches, whales return to feed, and seals haul out along the shores. But this vibrant ecosystem is under siege.

Side-by-side comparison: golden kelp swaying in the ocean on the left, a pink sea anemone with flowing tentacles on the right.

These Unseen Ocean Plants Feed the Seas and Our Future

Beneath the waves, living forests hold the ocean together. Kelp towers cradle fish nurseries. Seagrass meadows pump oxygen and blunt storms. Microscopic drifters feed whales and turn the sea green...

These Unseen Ocean Plants Feed the Seas and Our Future

Beneath the waves, living forests hold the ocean together. Kelp towers cradle fish nurseries. Seagrass meadows pump oxygen and blunt storms. Microscopic drifters feed whales and turn the sea green...

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