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Sharks also need friends
Oceanography

Sharks also need friends

Notorious for its cruelty and lonely lifestyle, but recent evidence suggests that some sharks still want to build complex, long-term social relationships.

December 17, 2018
Antarctic fish stocks are showing signs of decline
Oceanography

Antarctic fish stocks are showing signs of decline

The Union of Environmental Organizations has issued a statement calling for protection of the marine environment in the Ross Sea in Antarctica to prevent the development…

December 17, 2018
Discover a new poisonous sea snake
Oceanography

Discover a new poisonous sea snake

Scientists have discovered an extremely toxic sea snake, an extremely mysterious shape from head to tail in the waters off the northern coast of Australia. It has the sc…

December 17, 2018
Strange sharks show up in the Pacific Ocean
Oceanography

Strange sharks show up in the Pacific Ocean

Bythaelurus giddingsi, the name of the new species of the cat shark family, was discovered near Ecuardor's Galapagos Islands. They are animals that humans never knew.

December 17, 2018
The smallest dolphin on the edge of extinction
Oceanography

The smallest dolphin on the edge of extinction

Scientists have once again voiced the fact that Maui dolphins, the smallest and rarest among dolphins, are facing extinction. Their only habitat is on New Zealand's west…

December 17, 2018
Risk of threatening new shark species
Oceanography

Risk of threatening new shark species

The new shark is similar in appearance to the hammerhead shark found in the area about 7,000km from the east coast of the United States, proving that they are quite popu…

December 17, 2018
Seals die mass at the coast of Kazakhstan
Oceanography

Seals die mass at the coast of Kazakhstan

The March 25 investigation found that 35 individuals of Caspi (Pusa caspica) seals died on the Caspian coast near the city of Bautino in southwestern Kazakhstan, trigger…

December 17, 2018
Catching 'strange' fish weighs more than a ton
Oceanography

Catching 'strange' fish weighs more than a ton

On the afternoon of April 6, a strange fish, estimated to weigh more than a ton, was taken by fishermen to a fishing station in Trung Giang commune - Gio Linh district (…

December 17, 2018
Artificial breeding of coral fish in red book
Oceanography

Artificial breeding of coral fish in red book

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Trinh, Director of An Giang Aquatic Breeding Center said the center has studied reproduction of coral fish for a long time. Finally the first batch o…

December 17, 2018
Sharks in Binh Dinh are special resources
Oceanography

Sharks in Binh Dinh are special resources

According to Dr. Vo Si Tuan, Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, Quy Nhon Bay, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh is a diverse species of intershark shark (11 species), great whi…

December 17, 2018
Discover new, extremely rare fish
Oceanography

Discover new, extremely rare fish

The Banded archerfish of the basketfish family, is a new species for the first time recorded in Vietnam. Small fish, very rare, and distributed in coastal areas and estu…

December 17, 2018