waters

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As life gradually expanded from deeper waters into shallower marine environments, conditions became much more challenging.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

These were its findings for bycatch in UK waters:

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

At a nearby beach resort, a high-speed Coast Guard vessel plied the waters for two people still missing after swimming in waters that churned violently as the quake struck.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

However, they can migrate to the ocean and become steelhead, where they typically grow larger before returning to their natal waters to spawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

On the clear, cold, moonlit night of February 17, 1864, John Crosby, the officer of the deck aboard the Union’s mightiest sloop of war, the USS Housatonic, stood gazing across the waters of Charleston Harbor.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler