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Deep Ocean Currents Carry Plastic Microfibers Into Seafloor Hot Spots

Researchers discover hot spot off the coast of Italy with up to 1.9 million pieces of plastic per square meter.

Joshua Learn, Contributor

Study of fish personalities highlights the importance of wildlife as individuals, not just species.

Nala Rogers, Staff Writer

Researchers suggest that a previously unidentified factor may drive whales to migrate.

Jesse Kathan, Contributor

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Bacteria help drive Earth's chemical cycles and climate. Viruses drive the bacteria.

Nala Rogers, Staff Writer

A new study in Vietnam offers hope for a massive freshwater species.

Amanda Heidt, Contributor

Expeditions in remote Amazon waterways result in identification of two previously unknown electrified fish.

Joshua Learn, Contributor

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Researchers are learning how to cope with the arrival of the sargassum’s “brown tide."

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Contributor

Komodo dragons outlived their giant reptile peers through isolation and some lucky breaks, although cannibalism and virgin births may have helped.

Joshua Learn, Contributor

Researchers discover evidence of a kauri tree "superorganism" in New Zealand.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor