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Danger of fish contaminated with plastic chemicals
Oceanography

Danger of fish contaminated with plastic chemicals

Essica Ward researcher at the University of Minnesota in Saint Paul, USA, has found more impact from BPA, when she exposed two B-tail and black-tailed Shiner fish to eac…

December 17, 2018
Penguins die in mass in Brazil
Oceanography

Penguins die in mass in Brazil

The Brazilian Coast and Oceanic Center (CECLIMAR) announces that veterinarians are investigating the cause of 512 Magellenic penguins dying on the coast between Tramanda…

December 17, 2018
The unique
Oceanography

The unique

Biologists say that the main food of the swordfish is ant, beetle, tailed bug (springtail) and flies, if these insects accidentally fall into the water. However, the mai…

December 17, 2018
Philippine Navy saves sea turtles
Oceanography

Philippine Navy saves sea turtles

The Navy and the Philippine environmental workers saved 14 sea turtles after they caught the poachers' nets. AFP said the Philippine Department of Environment staff and…

December 17, 2018
Doan long because of sex for 3 hours
Oceanography

Doan long because of sex for 3 hours

After the mating lasts for up to 3 hours, squid is so tired that there is no strength to swim, eat or dodge enemies.

December 17, 2018
Strange creatures appear on the coast of Hawaii
Oceanography

Strange creatures appear on the coast of Hawaii

Millions of exotic crab-like animals, pea-sized, have attacked Hawaii beach, causing many experts to be confused. The attack of tiny purple creatures, curled up like bal…

December 17, 2018
Catching extremely rare orange lobsters
Oceanography

Catching extremely rare orange lobsters

When a shipment of nearly 50kg of lobster was delivered to a seafood store and a restaurant in the UK last month, it was discovered that 6 lobsters have an extremely rar…

December 17, 2018
Sharks break teeth because of hunting
Oceanography

Sharks break teeth because of hunting

A white shark jumped out of the water to catch its prey. He had thought that he would have lunch, the fat seal. But instead, it bites into a model used by British photog…

December 17, 2018
Discovery of a shark's paradise
Oceanography

Discovery of a shark's paradise

Humans have long been hungry for shark fin soup (made from shark fins). Fishing and other related human activities are also threatening sharks around the world.

December 17, 2018
'Beauty killer' at the sea
Oceanography

'Beauty killer' at the sea

'Red tide' - tiny aquatic organism during algal blooms, can bring about greater destruction than what people think about it, with the possibility of poisoning the entire…

December 17, 2018
Coral sperm bank
Oceanography

Coral sperm bank

Researchers say a sperm bank for corals, collected from coral reefs in Hawaii, the Caribbean and Australia, could one day help restore and regenerate reefs harm.

December 17, 2018