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Drain the Oceans

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Pull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets and lost worlds, using ground-breaking technology, breath-taking photography and insight from top marine archaeologists. Explore sunken cities, shipwrecks and the amazing natural wonders of the deep.

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Planet or Plastics? National Geographic launches a multiyear initiative to reduce single-use plastics and their impact on the world’s oceans.

Follow Video Watch Scientists' Hilarious Reaction to Bizarre Deep-Sea Fish September 21, 2018 - Scientists on the Nautilus team ran into a mysterious creature on a recent expedition in Hawaii. The strange fish was found nearly a mile beneath the surface. The colour commentary from the scientists is priceless. The fish is called a gulper eel. Its pouch-like mouth can inflate to swallow very large prey. This is a particularly young eel; adults can be up to three feet long.

Follow Video Sumatran Rhinos Are Nearly Gone—New Plan Launched to Save Them September 20, 2018 – The Sumatran rhinoceros is a critically endangered species. Only around 80 individuals remain. The wild populations are split between the islands of Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo. This isolation of small populations, some as small as one or two individuals, is now the species’ biggest threat. A coalition of conservation organisations, including the National Geographic Society, has formed to save the species. The project, called Sumatran Rhino Rescue, aims to locate wild rhinos and safely transfer them to a nearby sanctuary. There, scientists and wildlife managers will assist in the rhinos’ reproduction and care. Eventually, when a healthy population exists, the rhinos will be reintroduced into the wild.

Follow Video Malaysia Airlines MH370 How did MH370 crash without a trace and why has modern technology failed to pinpoint the wreckage? Now we go inside the longest and most expensive search in commercial aviation history.

News Watch a Gulper Eel Inflate and Deflate Itself, Shocking Scientists

Gulper eels have the ability to expand their mouths to freakish proportions, and this showoff does not disappoint.

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News Venture to Earth’s Most Extreme Places Through These Maps

Tallest mountain, deepest crevice, hottest place—determining Earth’s geographic record holders can be tougher than it seems.

Follow The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background. Further Joel Sartore