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Racing towards great white sharks in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there’s one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators.
Australia fends off shark bites with new tech and old
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» SYDNEY — High above Sydney's beaches, drones seek one of the world's deadliest predators, scanning for the flick of a tail, the swish of a fin or a shadow slipping through the swell.
Search for missing Titanic sub like 'going into space'
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Rescuers desperately searching for the orca-sized submersible that vanished on its way to visit the wreck of the Titanic face a gargantuan task that will test the limits of technical know-how, experts say.
Rescuers search for missing submersible near Titanic wreck
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» BOSTON: Rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday in their search for a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board.
Search continues for submersible near Titanic wreck
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» BOSTON: Rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday in their search for a tourist submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic with five people on board.
Scientists explain why peanuts 'dance' when dropped in beer
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» PARIS - When peanuts are dropped into a pint of beer, they initially sink to the bottom before floating up and "dancing" in the glass.
Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» HA LONG (VIETNAM) - Squinting in the bright light of a hot summer morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay.
Kyiv trombonist vows to play 'until we win'
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» KYIV: Every morning, Valentyn Dudkin picks up his trombone — an instrument he hadn't touched in 30 years — to play Ukraine's national anthem in the courtyard of his apartment building in Kyiv.
Rise in ocean plastic pollution 'unprecedented'
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» PARIS: Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented levels" over the past 15 years, a new study has found, calling for a legally binding international treaty to stop the harmful waste.
Endangered North Atlantic right whales make a stand in Cape Cod
AFP, Published on 17/04/2022
» PROVINCETOWN (UNITED STATES) - After many hours scouring Cape Cod Bay and a few false alarms, those aboard the Research Vessel Shearwater on a bright April day make their first sighting: three North Atlantic right whales, including a rare mother-calf pair.