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Sharks queue at underwater beauty salon
Everyone likes a bit of pampering now and again - and sharks and manta rays are no exception.
Residents allowed home after Hawkes Bay wave warning
Hawkes Bay coastal residents are allowed to return home after high waves prompted evacuations.
Whales suspected in massive herring loss
Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.
Govt calls for restraint after ocean clash
The NZ Government has called for restraint after an anti-whaling protest vessel and Japanese harpoon ship collided in Antarctica yesterday.
Kiwi protesters in ocean clash
The crew of a NZ trimaran harassing Japanese whalers have been rescued after a collision between their boat and a Japanese ship.
See you later, suckers
Our closest relatives in the animal world, chimpanzees and orangutans, have long been known to use tools. But octopuses?
Sharks to be protected from slaughter
More than 80 species of sharks that frequent the Pacific oceans will now be protected under a new regional plan.
How ship strikes are killing Auckland's whale population
The Hauraki Gulf's resident whale population may disappear before most of us know what we're missing.