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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple times on a ...

Alligators can live on land and in water, but that doesn't mean they can breathe underwater like fish. But how long can alligators stay underwater? And how long can they hold their breath? Let’s find ...

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Scale alone does not grant a place in the record books; scientists also scrutinized ... vacating the top spot in marine food webs. That gap lingered until hoofed mammals ventured back to sea some 50 ...

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