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Scientists have videotaped sharks traveling a 500-mile-long "shark highway" in the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists have videotaped sharks traveling a 500-mile-long "shark highway" in the Pacific Ocean. Andy Mann/Waitt Foundation/Pacifico hide caption

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Scientists Take A Ride On The Pacific's 'Shark Highway'

Biologists knew the sharks sometimes traveled from waters off Costa Rica south to the Galapagos Islands, but they'd never actually witnessed it.

Scientists Take A Ride On The Pacific's 'Shark Highway'

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Science-Based Artist Gives Celebrity Tortoise A Second Life
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Science-Based Artist Gives Celebrity Tortoise A Second Life

Lonesome George was the last surviving member of his species and a conservation icon. When the tortoise died, taxidermist George Dante set out to preserve his body, and his legacy.

Science-Based Artist Gives Celebrity Tortoise A Second Life

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