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Evolution of fin, limb and gill
Oceanography

Evolution of fin, limb and gill

Genetic tools that animals use to form fins and limbs are similar to genetic tools that control bone growth in sharks, according to a new study.

December 17, 2018
Fish are also seasick
Oceanography

Fish are also seasick

A German scientist insists that fish are also seasick as humans and some animals.

December 17, 2018
Video: Mysterious under the ocean
Oceanography

Video: Mysterious under the ocean

For the first time the BBC has filmed what happened below a giant wave of the ocean. These are images that have never been recorded by the camera.

December 17, 2018
Observe the deepest place in the ocean
Oceanography

Observe the deepest place in the ocean

Scientists identify the deepest place in the Pacific with a distance of 11,000 meters, and are not easy to study at such depths.

December 17, 2018
The oyster is as big as a basket
Oceanography

The oyster is as big as a basket

A fisherman discovered an oyster with a width of 18 cm and weighed nearly 1.4 kg at the port of Plymouth, England.

December 17, 2018
Get a baby network to mate with your mother
Oceanography

Get a baby network to mate with your mother

Two scientists in South America have witnessed male dolphins attack a young animal of the same species, in order to force its mother to exercise early.

December 17, 2018