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Turtles Get Military Protection Video September 18, 2009—Mexican Navy patrols are helping to protect endangered Golfina, or olive ridley, turtles as they begin laying eggs at "the most important beach for marine turtle nesting in the world."Welcome to the National Geographic video player.Video Sections

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- "Spider-Man" Robot Shoots "Webs" - October 5, 2009—Inspired by the comic superhero, a spiderbot that can shoot cables with magnetic ends and walk on metal surfaces is under development at Israel's Ben Gurion University. The robot could someday move cargo or conduct rescue operations.
- Arctic Ice Mostly Gone by 2019? - October 15, 2009—Data released this week by researchers who spent three months this spring measuring ice on the Arctic Ocean suggests that the North Pole could be largely open sea in summer within a decade—and ice free by 2029.
- Bizarre Fish Found - September 22, 2009—UPDATE: A gelatinous fish found off Brazil's Bahia coast was touted as a previously unknown species. But the 6-foot-long, toothed oddity may be a known member of a group of mysterious bottom-dwellers known as jellynose fish, another expert says.
- Cheetahs to Inspire Better Prostheses? - September 29, 2009—Don't look for seeing-eye cheetahs anytime soon, but the big cats may help disabled people in another way—by inspiring better artificial legs.
- Chimps Show Humanlike Good Will - October 19, 2009—Without having been trained to do so, chimps in a Japanese study helped their fellow apes access elusive juice. The researchers say this adds to evidence that chimps are more similar to humans than previously thought.
- Dust Turns Sydney Red - September 23, 2009—Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed east coast cities in outback grit and cast an orange glow over Sydney at dawn Wednesday morning.
- Giant Aussie Rock to Be Closed? - October 16, 2009—Australia's iconic, island-like Uluru, or Ayers Rock, may soon be off-limits to climbers, mainly because Aborigines see the desert sandstone formation as sacred.
- Giant Diamond Found - October 2, 2009—Miners in South Africa recently found what may be one of the 20 largest diamonds ever uncovered—a 507.55-carat gem from the storied Cullinan Mine, which also produced the world's biggest diamond.
- Hamster-like Pika in Peril - September 4, 2009—Global warming is putting the pika, a hamster-like mammal, in peril. High in the Colorado mountains, a National Geographic researcher is trying to find out why its numbers are falling.
- LCROSS Impact Video: No Sky Show - October 9, 2009—NASA's "moon bombing" Friday morning was successful, but the LCROSS impact proved anticlimatic to many skywatchers.
- New Species: Fanged Frog, More - September 28, 2009—New species discovered along Asia's Mekong River in 2008—including the leopard gecko and a fanged frog that eats birds—are already under serious threat because of climate change, WWF says.
- Orphaned Gorillas Sent to Island - August 17, 2009—Six gorilla orphans of a critically endangered species have been released on an isolated African island. Conservationists hope to move the gorillas into the wider wilderness within three years.
- Past Nobel Superstars - October 6, 2009—Since 1901, the world's most prestigious award has recognized a range of pioneers and luminaries, from Albert Einstein to Al Gore.
- Plastic-Bottle Boat to Sail - October 7, 2009—Plastiki, a 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) catamaran made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles, will soon ply the Pacific Ocean to increase awareness of environmental problems.
- Quakes Rock Pacific Islands - October 1, 2009—A second earthquake shook western Indonesia as the death toll rose above 500 from Wednesday's powerful quake. Plus, see a computer simulation of Tuesday's Samoan quake and the resulting tsunami waves.
- Robo-Unicycle to Help Elderly? - September 24, 2009—The battery-powered "personal mobility device," designed by Japan's Honda Motor Company, is steered as a rider shifts his or her weight in the desired direction.
- Samoa Tsunami Flattens Villages - September 30, 2009—Tsunami waves, sparked by a powerful underwater earthquake, swept away people and cars and flattened villages in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga in the South Pacific on Tuesday.
- Sea "Mucus" Blobs Pose Threat - October 8, 2009—Giant, jelly-like sheets of dead and living organic matter, known as marine mucilages, are spreading throughout the Mediterranean. The blobs may smother marine life and carry diseases dangerous to humans.
- Snake Handling 101 - October 13, 2009—Quick! What should you do if a venomous snake slithers into your workplace? A two-day course in Australia has the answers.
- Solar Eruptions Captured in 3-D - October 14, 2009—For the first time, spacecraft have observed eruptions on the sun from multiple angles for hours on end—a feat made possible by NASA's twin STEREO craft.
- Surrogate Moms Boost Wallaby Births - September 24, 2009—To help save South Australia's rare black-footed wallaby, researchers are taking joeys from the wild and placing them in surrogate pouches, encouraging wild moms to trigger "backup" pregnancies.
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