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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 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.

Follow Video Watch a Family of Otters Fight Off a Crocodile September 19, 2018 - A wildlife photographer in Singapore captured an interspecies battle. A family of smooth-coated otters confronted a crocodile with no tail. The reptile is famous in the area and the residents have given it the name “Tailless.” Otters are territorial and not averse to taking on predators bigger than themselves. The otters successfully ran the croc out of their home range.

News Tiny Human Esophagus Grown in the Lab—Here's Why

Miniature versions of the organ that guides food to the stomach could help scientists treat a variety of medical ailments.

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News The Scottish Wildcat Is Disappearing. Can It Be Saved?

Perhaps only a couple dozen "Highlands tigers" are left in the wild. Now, the race is on to prevent their extinction.

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