Oceanography
Unexpected discoveries about the sex life of humpback whales
Humpback whales were discovered for the first time to have homosexual behavior from two male individuals.
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Oceanography
5m great white shark grabs the head of a stranded sperm whale
A shark kills a mother pygmy sperm whale stranded in Māhia Bay, leaving the calf alone on the beach.
Oceanography
The blue whale reclaims the title of largest animal on the planet
New research results show that the ancient whale Perucetus was very large but still inferior to today's blue whales.
Oceanography
The strange way of 'taking care of children' of giant sea spiders
Giant Antarctic sea spiders have different biological characteristics from regular sea spiders, and their way of giving birth and incubating eggs is also very different.
Oceanography
The 1.2m giant clam thought to be extinct 'reappears' off the coast of Croatia
A parasite almost wiped out the giant Pinna nobilis mussel in 2016. However, recently, Croatia discovered that this mussel is growing again and is making efforts to pres…
Oceanography
Unexpected disaster when gray whales reappear in the Atlantic Ocean
For the first time in 200 years, a gray whale has been sighted in the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists warn that this is a bad omen for the Earth.
Oceanography
Discovered 7,000 humpback whales starved to death because of the heat wave
The number of humpback whales in the North Pacific has plummeted 20% in less than a decade. According to researchers, the cause may come from a heat wave at sea.
Oceanography
The mystery of the Antarctic giant squid
Because they live at depths of thousands of meters and rarely surface, the behavior and reproduction of the Antarctic giant squid is still a big mystery to researchers.
Oceanography
Extensive bleaching occurs on the Great Barrier Reef
Scientists confirmed the new bleaching episode after conducting an aerial survey of 300 'shallow' coral reefs as sea temperatures threaten the habitat of thousands of ma…
Oceanography
Huge gravity hole under the Indian Ocean
Experts have found a possible reason why a 3 million square kilometer gravity hole, where gravity is especially weak, formed in the Indian Ocean.
Oceanography
The mystery of the hairy monster corpses washing up on the beach
It was the rotting corpse of a giant sea creature, the smell was terrible.
Oceanography
Killer whale mother and child team up to drown their fellow killer whales
The extremely rare moment when a killer whale and his son both drowned another calf of a neighboring herd was recorded for the first time by a National Geographic film c…
Oceanography
Caught a ghost shark with a strange shape
The newly discovered ghost shark has many strange characteristics and lives at a depth of hundreds of meters off the coast of Thailand.
Oceanography
Discovered sea turtle carcasses washed up on the beach in Ba Ria-Vung Tau
When discovered by people, the sea turtle weighed about 80kg, was in a state of decomposition, was more than 1.1m long, had a shell 60cm wide, and was washed by the wave…
Oceanography
The strange behavior of a newly discovered squid species is extremely small, only 1cm
Scientists have recently discovered two species of dwarf squid, only about 1cm in size, living in Japanese coral reefs.