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Say what you will about President George W. Bush's environmental record, he's willing to entertain big ideas when it comes to protecting the ocean. According to National Public Radio, the Bush folks are looking at designating several marine national monuments to safeguard exceptional sites in the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

It's official: The oldest living animals on Earth live in the deep sea. In an announcement from Texas A&M University delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, the title of Marine Methuselah goes to gold corals and black corals. Their age: between 2,000 and 4,000 years.