1. Zinke Recommends Removing Protections from 10 National Monuments

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2. Secret Social Lives of Octopuses
Octopuses have always been seen as loners who only come together to mate, but that view has now changed thanks to some new observations. A place dubbed “Octlantis” has been found in Australia where 15 “gloomy” octopuses reside in close proximity. There residents have “been seen to congregate, communicate and even evict one another.” They have even constructed a series of dens out of clam and scallop shells leftover from meals.
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3. Parasitic Sea Lice Plague Salmon Farms2. Secret Social Lives of Octopuses

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Scientists who collected the results of studies of 34 species of seabirds found that 74 percent had ingested plastic. Species affected included albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters. The full impact of plastic on seabird populations around the world is unknown. Millions of tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year.
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5. Rising Tide Against Drilling

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6. Half of Sharks in Arabian Sea Threatened
A recent assessment of sharks, rays, and chimaeras in the Arabian Sea has found that more than half are at risk of extinction. The 2107 IUCN Red List survey concluded that another 27 of the region’s 78 species could be threatened soon. “The results are a call to action and highlight the urgent need for regional cooperation in research and policy efforts,” says Shaikha Al Dhaheri of Abu Dhabi’s environmental agency.
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7. Can Coral Researchers "Accelerate Evolution"?

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