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The 'monsters' in the sea
Oceanography

The 'monsters' in the sea

If the ground is the dominant area of ​​humanity, the sea is the place where a lot of fear for humanity is spread because this is the land of

December 17, 2018
Watching humpback whales 'lovemaking'
Oceanography

Watching humpback whales 'lovemaking'

This photo was taken by photographer Jason Edwards in the waters off the coast of Tonga, New Zealand. He captured the scene of two humpback whales who are in love, as we…

December 17, 2018
Strange fasting fish to hatch eggs in the mouth
Oceanography

Strange fasting fish to hatch eggs in the mouth

A fish commonly found in waters off Malaysia has a way of hatching eggs in the mouth. The strange thing is that not all females, but males, will carry all the eggs in th…

December 17, 2018
Art of 'flirtatious' unique to squid
Oceanography

Art of 'flirtatious' unique to squid

Scientists from Macquarie University (Australia) observed this behavior. On one side of the body, it disguises itself as the color of the female to prevent the opponent…

December 17, 2018
Magnetic cells
Oceanography

Magnetic cells

Scientists have long argued that there are some forms of magnetic sensation that lie behind the ability of some creatures to admire the beauty, such as in the case of fi…

December 17, 2018
Dead black dolphin washed up on Cat Hai beach
Oceanography

Dead black dolphin washed up on Cat Hai beach

On the morning of July 10, at the beach of Ang Ong Bay area in Hien Hao - Cat Hai commune, Hai Phong city, people discovered a black dolphin nearly 3m long, weighed 245…

December 17, 2018
Hundreds of mysterious dead dolphins in Peru
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Hundreds of mysterious dead dolphins in Peru

From January to now, nearly 900 dolphin carcasses, of which 95% are bottlenose dolphins, continuously drifted to a coast about 170km in northern Peru. Officials suspect…

December 17, 2018
Polar bears are older than previously announced
Oceanography

Polar bears are older than previously announced

But research by Frank Hailer and colleagues published on April 19 shows that the species has 600,000 years of being familiar with polar conditions. And it also means tha…

December 17, 2018
The first white killer whale was discovered
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The first white killer whale was discovered

Scientists say they have discovered a fish believed to be an adult white killer whale off the coast of Kamchatka, eastern Russia. They named it Iceberg. If this informat…

December 17, 2018
The fish spotted 'ghostly green light'
Oceanography

The fish spotted 'ghostly green light'

The zebrafish in England glows blue, which looks very spooky, but actually they are genetically modified to serve medical research. A team of experts from the University…

December 17, 2018
Dolphins show the way for fishermen to catch fish
Oceanography

Dolphins show the way for fishermen to catch fish

'About 200 local fishermen hand-catch on dolphins. They will not catch without the help of dolphins. Fishermen can recognize the signs of each fish only with their eyes,…

December 17, 2018
China issued a red tide warning
Oceanography

China issued a red tide warning

The 780km2 red tide tide has just been discovered in the waters of Rizhao City, Shandong Province of China. Red tide is the common name for the phenomenon of blooms of s…

December 17, 2018