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Science writer Margaret Wertheim creates amazing and beautiful installations of coral made from crochet. It’s a project that has really taken off and spawned satellite coral reefs in art galleries around the world. Margaret talks about the maths, the science and the environmental motivation behind her work.

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Jeff Dudas reports on a ‘giant sea worm’ that has been has been attacking a coral reef and prize fish at The Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay that has finally been caught by staff working there.

Also despite the loss of a piece of his left calf from a shark bite Monday, Kula resident Mike Spalding still wants to become the third person known to swim the nearly 30-mile Alenuihaha Channel from the Big Island to Maui and scientists are edging towards squid sausages.

For more under the sea tales head to underwatertimes.com

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