wonder cabinet: nature's oddities: deep ocean creatures

Both beautiful and bizarre these unusual critters are part of our planetary network of life.

search for plane highlights oceans garbage

Search for AirFrance plane highlights ocean's vastly damaging garbage problem. Most ocean garbage is plastic and will not biodegrade for hundreds of years. What can you do about it? Visit Project Aware and Ocean Conservancy. More at CNN.

Gelatinous plastic water sample at Great Pacific Garbage Patch-photo via Telegraph UK

mass migration of sting rays

Sandra Critelli captured the migration at the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.