Maggie the sea lion paints for fish
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Some artists suffer for their work. Maggie, an 11-year-old sea lion at the Pittsburgh Zoo &amp; PPG Aquarium, gets to eat dead fish for hers. Kesha Phares, a zoo trainer, has been teaching the animal to paint since last year.
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The animated sea animals of DreamWorks&#39; latest project have been out for blood since they first dove into the box-office waters, and they still haven&#39;t had their fill.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - A South African shark
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Southern California marine mammal hospitals have been overwhelmed by sea lions sick from domoic acid, a toxin released by large blooms of algae.
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Naomi Ehrich Leonard trains robotic fish to swim the oceans and glean information. The fish also helped her pick up a $500,000 'genius' prize from the MacArthur Foundation. Read the first in a series of Wired News profiles featuring MacArthur winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
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A fisherman accused of stabbing a sea lion with a steak knife after the animal stole his bait was charged Thursday with violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Marco Evaristti may have made a name for himself as the bad boy of Denmark's art scene after displaying liquidized goldfish in a blender and paintings made with HIV-infected blood, but this 41-year-old Chilean-Dane insists he's not a provocateur.
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The star of the long-running hit TV show "Cheers" on Thursday called for better practices to protect the world's oceans from overfishing and mercury contamination.
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The manatee has unique perceptual abilities, perfectly suited to its niche in the world. New research challenges the notion that these sea mammals are not all that bright.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A: Consistency is beginning to become a problem in the northern regions with an influx of dogfish. Stripers, bluefish, cod, and haddock are not coming easy, according to the Kittery Trading Post fish department. The flounder, however, appear to be biting, and early risers say salmon and trout are ...
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CHICAGO - In what her keepers call "Maggie's Extreme Makeover," one of Brookfield Zoo's female orangutans has had her appearance and zeal restored through treatment for a previously undiagnosed thyroid condition.
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By Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Lobster, Goliath grouper and sea trout dominated Thursday's meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Key Largo.
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Environmentalists urged fishing nations Thursday to do more to protect the rare Patagonian toothfish, dubbed the "white gold" of the sea which is being driven to extinction by rampant poaching.
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Tourists flock to Fisherman's Wharf for the seafood and the stunning views of San Francisco Bay, but for many visitors, the real stars are the dozens of playful, whiskered sea lions that lounge by the water's edge, gulping down fish.
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By DAN JOLING  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a rare loon that breeds in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve has been accepted for review by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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SYDNEY -- Australian bathers have become ensnared in an environmental tangle -- the nets that protect them from sharks pose a threat to a growing whale population. Save the whales, demand some wildlife campaigners. Save the humans, counters the government.
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A fund-raising drive secures one of Turner's finest watercolours for the UK.