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Thousands of nearly endangered sharks gathering and jumping off Palm Beach

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Spinner sharks launch themselves out of the water while feeding on schools of small fish. See them jump and spin among surfers.

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Dolphin dies in Gowanus Canal despite Brooklynites cheering it on

Dolphin stranded in the Gowanus Canal

Crowds wondered why the dolphin, who wandered into an industrial superfund site, was left to die, thrashing in shallow water.

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SeaWorld selling stock: don't mind the debt, trainer deaths, dolphin trade

killer whale performing

SeaWorld IPO documents show a company deep in debt and reveal some interesting stats about how they do business.

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Cape Cod loves its seals--and now sharks, too

Prince Edward Islanders watching seal colony for sixty years

Cape Cod revels in its shark attack. You’ll see all kinds of shark souvenirs and you can try to see one on a boat tour to see seals (what the sharks are after).

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Explorers hope for less boring critters on upcoming trench dives

branson's submarine

James Cameron found nothing more than shrimp on his dive to the Mariana Trench. Richard Branson hopes to see more when he visits the deepest spot in the Atlantic this year.

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Atlantic City seal hospital gears up for busy season

Bill Deerr lassos a seal

January is slow season for beach tourists, but busy for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to get calls for beached seals.

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Manta rays get some protection from fishermen hunting their gills

manta ray off hawaii by steved

By calling manta rays a vulnerable species, scientists hope to stop or at least track the market in its gills. Used in Chinese medicine, the ray population is down 30% in 10 years.

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Japan's Kabukiri Wetlands, a Ramsar site, hopes birders return

kabukuri wetlands

Kabukiri Wetlands, where farmers flood their fields to serve migrating ducks and swans, hopes birders will return to the area about 100 miles from the nuclear disaster.

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Houston organizes rehabbers in Wildlife Center of Texas

TX armadillo

The women who care for wildlife around Houston have professionalized the group, which treats mockingbirds, armadillos, pelicans, sea turtles and anything covered in oil.

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Puffin breeding falls as temperature rises

puffin with silver fish in its mouth

Puffins just won’t breed this year in parts of Iceland. Biologists say the population is always tied to temperatures, but this warming period is the worst.

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