Animal world
Dogs hunt sharks to survive on deserted island
Dadu was stranded on one of the world's most remote islands for nearly a year and survived on an unlikely food source: sharks.
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Animal world
World's oldest albatross lays egg at age 74
After finding a new mate, the female Laysan albatross Wisdom laid a new egg on Midway Atoll, adding to her brood.
Animal world
The world's oldest bird actively searches for new mates
Biologists on Midway Island discovered a more than 70-year-old female Laysan albatross named Wisdom courting potential mates months after the end of nesting season.
1001 mystery
Explore the 'color blind island': Home to 250 residents and 10% of them are completely color blind
Pingelap is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, which is also known as the 'color blind island'.
Oceanography
Wonder the lovely squid like little pig
The ocean contains strange creatures, pig ink is one of them. As the name suggests, they have a round body, a pig-like muzzle but big eyes and squid tentacles.
Discover science
Islands have much higher radioactivity than Chernobyl and Fukushima
Researchers recommend that people should not return to some of the Marshall Islands because the radioactivity is still higher than the safety threshold.
Environment
The risk of 'nuclear coffin' on the ocean leaks disaster
The nuclear coffin designed to store nuclear waste, could be leaked in the Pacific, UN Secretary General expressed concern.
Animal world
The extinct ancient bird revived from the dead
Repeat evolution has helped an ancient bird to reappear in the Indian Ocean and survive today.
Discover science
America: Extreme danger of 43 nuclear explosions leaking
The Enewetak Atoll area was used by the US government to try 43 different nuclear explosions between 1948 and 1958.
Discover science
Where the most explosive nuclear bombs on the planet
Nearly a thousand nuclear tests were conducted at a facility in Nevada, USA, leaving an obsession for witnesses at close range and people in nearby areas.
Discover science
New discovery about the disappearance of the world's first female pilot
Experts have discovered a small aluminum plate - an airplane-mounted object used by the pilot before disappearing.
Discover science
The first country in the world with no emissions
Tokelau, a small country that perhaps many of us have never heard of is trying to be the first country in the world to fully utilize renewable energy to save the environ…
World Heritage
Marshall Islands - Bikini Atoll
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Marshall's Bikini Atoll Island as a World Cultural Heritage in 2010.
Oceanography
The fiery head of the parrot fish
The strange sound like the sound of gunshots in the water suddenly came out when a group of scientists from the Beaufort Laboratory (USA) were diving in the North Pacifi…
Oceanography
Half of the world's atolls may disappear
An environmental protection organization warns that half of the world's atolls may disappear within 40 years. The World Organization for the Protection of the World has…