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Wild dolphins tail-walk
	21 August 2008 A wild dolphin is apparently teaching other members of her group to walk on their tails, a behaviour usually seen only after training in captivity.

Join International Protest
	20 August 2008 On Wednesday 3rd September, marine conservationists and concerned individuals will be gathering in cities worldwide, as part of a peaceful international protest against the annual Japanese hunts.

Divers wanted for TV project
	19 August 2008 Have you ever asked yourself: what would my life have been like if I had been born in another part of the world? If you are diver or a marine scientist, here's your chance to find out.

Ecosystem collapse
	18 August 2008 Jeremy Jackson published a landmark paper in which he made the case that some environments that we perceive as relatively pristine have, in fact, been radically altered by centuries of human exploitation.

Pacific dives recover novel fish
	17 August 2008 Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series have confirmed an astonishing 13 new fish species on a single expedition in the Pacific Ocean.

Suffocating dead zones spread
	16 August 2008 Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life in the world's oceans as overfishing and habitat loss, say experts.

Whales recover since hunt ban
	15 August 2008 Some large whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern right whale are recovering from a threat of extinction, helped by curbs on hunts since the 1980s, the world's largest conservation network said on Tuesday.

Lionfish invasion in Caribbean
	14 August 2008 A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.

Southern seals sample salty seas
	13 August 2008 Elephant seals are helping scientists study temperature and salinity changes in the Southern Ocean.

Mixed fortunes for world's whales
	12 August 2008 The latest global assessment of cetaceans shows that the marine mammals throughout the world's oceans have experienced mixed fortunes.

Kuwait''s turtles listed as threatened
	11 August 2008 The steady decline in the number of turtles in Kuwait, who are often left to fend for themselves against the urban sprawl, has led to their listing as vulnerable and endangered species.

Sub to make deep Caribbean dive
	10 August 2008 Scientists are set to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie 6km down in the Caribbean.

Wal-Mart supports Cocos Island
	09 August 2008 Wal-Mart Central America recently launched a campaign to raise funds for research and conservation of Cocos Island.

Scientists learn more about ocean beds
	08 August 2008 Tasmanian scientists are taking part in a multi-million dollar project to find out more about the ocean bed in waters off three Australian states.

Ocean acidification
	07 August 2008 There may be a movement in the debate, but in my view, ocean acidification may genuinely be the biggest danger facing humankind.

Plan to help marine life launched
	06 August 2008 A scheme to give long-term protection to some of Europe's finest marine habitats has been launched.

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'
	05 August 2008 Seals can identify a single star in the night sky and navigate by it, scientists have discovered. Navigating in the open ocean is essential for seals to move between foraging grounds that may be hundreds of kilometres apart.

Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk
	04 August 2008 A large chunk of an Arctic ice shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast, scientists say.

Ocean mission delivers first maps
	02 August 2008 Less than a month after it was put in orbit, the ocean-mapper Jason-2 has returned its first pictures to Earth.

Conservation funds 'inadequate'
	01 August 2008 Funding for measures included in a draft Bill to improve the management and conservation of the UK's seas appears to be "inadequate", a joint committee report has warned.

Coral 'hotspots' linked to geology-study
	01 August 2008 Geological shifts over millions of years may explain the huge wealth of fish, corals and other life in seas between Asia and Australia and hold yesterday.

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