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Rather than hiding from predators, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are active during the day so their colors shine ...

Camaccia said it’s normal to see them on Seadrift Beach and Bolinas Beach. What is unique this year, he said, is that they also entered the mouth of Bolinas Lagoon, a 1,100-acre tidal estuary, near ...

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Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from the aquarium deals with ‘wonder and respect and ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.

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