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The Rare Pink Dolphin Spotted Again in Louisiana

The Rare Pink Dolphin Spotted Again in Louisiana

Gargi Chakravorty

Picture this: you’re casting your fishing line into the murky waters off Louisiana’s coast, expecting maybe a red snapper or speckled trout. Instead, something that looks like it swam straight out of a fairy tale breaks the surface. That’s exactly what happened to Thurman Gustin last summer, and his video has marine biologists buzzing. The ...

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Hawaii’s Monk Seals Find Hope

Suhail Ahmed

  At dawn on a quiet Oʻahu beach, a rope line and a handwritten sign turned a crowd into a respectful semicircle, and a nursing monk seal pair into a small victory. For decades, these were a heartbreaking symbol of loss, slipping toward disappearance in remote atolls and increasingly on the main Hawaiian Islands. Today, ...