"I feel like this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," a Japanese researcher who confirmed the vessel told Newsweek in an exclusive interview.

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A refuge for the Western chimpanzee, pygmy hippopotamus and many other globally threatened species, Gola-Tiwai represents one ...

Unlike typical marine algae, C. tumulosa forms tumbleweed-like mats that easily break off and drift with the current. Researchers make breakthrough in fight to save coastal feature in Hawai'i: ...