NATURE

Healthy reef sounds drew more coral and fish larvae.

Underwater playback helped young corals and fish find experimental reef structures in field trials off Oʻahu.

SOURCEScripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego / Communications Biology / Scientific Reports
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ANIMALS

The wallaby clocked back in after 50 years.

Conservationists confirmed endangered nabarleks at two mainland sites on Dambeemangaddee Country — the first detections there in more than 50 years. Turns out the tiny wallaby had not entirely left the building.

SOURCEAustralian Wildlife Conservancy
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ANIMALS

A sea turtle just nested on the West Coast for the first time on record.

Lifeguards were called to an injured turtle near Seal Beach on 16 September. She was not injured. She was digging a nest — and three days later it happened again near the Huntington Beach Pier. NOAA Fisheries says it is the first recorded natural nesting of any sea turtle species on the U.S. West Coast. Both nests are now fenced, signed and monitored.

SOURCELos Angeles Times / NOAA Fisheries
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