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Tashirojima is a Japanese island known for having more cats than people, but the cats also have a long history tied to silk protection, fishing beliefs, and a local shrine.
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The article explains how Kochi’s shore-operated Chinese fishing nets use counterweights, ropes, and pulleys to lift and lower large nets efficiently from land.
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Invasive tunicates are coating lobster traps in the Gulf of Maine, making gear heavier, messier, and more time-consuming to haul and clean.
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NOAA said rope recovered from a dead North Atlantic right whale was consistent with gear used in Maine, giving investigators a rare direct link between entangling gear and a specific source.
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The Devils Hole pupfish depends on a very small sunlit spawning shelf in Devils Hole, where even slight water-level drops can reduce breeding habitat and threaten reproduction.
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Authorities found about 55 grams of cocaine hidden inside a Styrofoam box of frozen fish during a cargo inspection.
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Some Alaskan stickleback fish evolved to lose much of their bony armor after becoming isolated in freshwater, likely because changing predation pressure made heavy plating less advantageous.
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The East African cichlid Astatoreochromis alluaudi can reshape its pharyngeal jaw in response to a snail-heavy diet, improving its ability to crush hard shells.
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Deep-sea fish use bioluminescence as a practical adaptation for hunting, communication, and defense in dark waters.
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Turritopsis dohrnii, often called the “immortal jellyfish,” can reverse its life cycle after adulthood and return to an earlier stage under certain conditions.
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The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) defends itself by changing color, posture, and body shape to imitate other marine animals such as lionfish, sea snakes, and flatfish.
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The mimic octopus defends itself by camouflaging and by impersonating other animals such as lionfish, flatfish, and sea snakes.
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In syngnathid fish such as seahorses, males brood fertilized eggs in a specialized reproductive structure and later release fully formed young.
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