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Scientists Share their Favorite Fun Facts on Twitter Using #WowScienceFact

Scientists and researchers used the hashtag #WowScienceFact on Twitter to share the most interesting facts they've learned while studying nature and more.

Drone Footage of Gray Whales and Dolphins Playing Together

Videos like this makes us wonder, can dolphins and whales communicate underwater?

REEF Offers $40,000 in Prizes at 2018 Lionfish Derbies throughout Florida

REEF is hosting several lionfish derbies throughout Florida to help reduce the population of invasive lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic.

Oceanic Whitetip Shark Listed as “Threatened” in the Continental U.S.

As of January 2018, the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act— this is the first shark to make the list in the Continental U.S.

Heads-Up Display Dive Computer Brings Info to Your Eyes

The new scuba diving computer Māoï by Thalatoo offers a heads-up display, bringing pertinent dive information right in front of your eyes.

It’s Humpback Whale Season in Hawaii

More than 10,000 North Pacific humpback whales migrate from southeastern Alaska to the warm waters of the Aloha State each year to mate, give birth and nurture their calves.

Dive to Survive: Salvage Divers of Myanmar Push Extremes

With homemade scuba equipment and zero viz, Myanmar’s salvage divers push extremes.

The World's Largest Sea Turtle — the Leatherback — Could Come off Endangered List

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the northwest Atlantic Ocean's leatherback sea turtles be listed as threatened.

Cayman Islands Department of Environment Urges People to Practice Sustainable Fishing

DoE says regulations protect a number of species, including sharks and Nassau grouper. The 17th annual Grouper Moon Project will be undertaken in early 2018.