Environment
How bad was the flooding in the Pacific Northwest?
Floods and landslides have devastated the West Coast of Canada and the United States just months after a record heatwave, raising alarms about the worsening situation of…
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Biology
Decoding the terrible toxicity of the 'suicide tree': The tree grows wild on the coast
The suicide plant Cerbera odollam contains toxicity in the seeds. In the 19th century, thousands of people died each year from this poisonous plant.
Oceanography
The beautiful 'dance' of the giant fish in the ocean
The spectacular scene recorded off the coast of Long Island, New York, USA shows thousands of silver fish curled into giant blocks.
Oceanography
Crazy sharks attack the glass cage when the door is broken, what will be the fate of the people inside?
An incident has occurred and sharks have repeatedly attacked this broken door.
Oceanography
Huge volcano erupts from underwater
Scientists have discovered the 820m-high volcano in the western Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar, after a series of extremely puzzling earthquakes.
Environment
What caused the giant dust storm 'Godzilla'?
After more than 50 years, 'Godzilla' comes back and is becoming an obsession for people living along the southern coast of the United States.
Oceanography
Dolphins appear near the coast of Cam Ranh in the newspaper Livetradingnews
The image of a dolphin appearing near Alma Cam Ranh Resort, Khanh Hoa, was published in Asian investment and economic newspaper Livetradingnews on June 23.
Discover science
Discovered a series of underground rivers flowing along the coast
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) discovered many underground rivers flowing along the continental shelf of the country.
Oceanography
The mysterious giant pink jellyfish appeared for the fourth time in history
A rare pink jellyfish has been seen off the coast of Italy and this is the fourth time in history anyone has ever seen this jellyfish.
Oceanography
Sharks swim more than 1000km to avoid mating
The pregnant giant white shark seems to have swum a distance of more than 1,100 km to avoid males trying to mate.
Environment
Disappointingly the whole Norwegian land is being 'pulled' to the sea and sank
The incident on the Norwegian coast caused an entire land area with 8 houses to sink into the sea.
Oceanography
Mysterious 'underwater tornado' phenomenon off the coast of Australia
When explorers from the Schmidt Aquarium conducted a remote expedition near the Moore Reef off the Australian coast, they came across an unusual phenomenon, the 'underwa…
Space science
Fragments of Chinese missiles fell on the African village
The largest block of space junk that has fallen on Earth's surface in nearly three decades belongs to the Chinese spacecraft launched in early May.
Oceanography
Discover extremely rare purple deep sea creatures drifting off Australia's coastline
A woman walks on the beach south of Sydney, Australia, to her astonishment when a strange purple creature is washed ashore.
Oceanography
The rare 'blue dragon' washed up on the Texas coast
Travelers to the island of Padre in Texas recently discovered uniquely blue creatures like tiny dragons.