Oceanography
Sound communication in the ocean
An international research group on sound of deep-sea fish species recently discovered that eels use several muscle groups to produce sound that plays an important role i…
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The ocean is noisier because of air pollution
The increase in CO2 in the atmosphere makes the ocean acidification become more serious.
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Filming fishes live in the greatest depth
Scientists filmmaking in one of the world's deepest slots discovered a fish-like tadpole (snail) that lives in the flock gathered around the bait.
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New species appear depending on how the female chooses the male
Eye color and hair color play an important role in finding partners in humans, but visual stimulation can also decide to choose a partner in the animal kingdom.
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Unmarried sharks remain pregnant
American scientists were stunned to discover that a black-fin shark in the Atlantic conceived without a male.
Oceanography
Fish live at a depth of 7.7 km
A group of Japanese and British scientists have discovered a strong group of 17 fish that reside at a depth of 7.7 km from the sea surface of the Japan Trench region.
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More than 50% of marine shark species are in danger of extinction
The first study to determine the global risk of 21 species of sharks and sea rays shows the serious state of overfishing and also provides important steps that governmen…
Oceanography
Cat parasites occur on marine mammals
Researchers at California Polytechnic University have discovered a clue explaining why the world's marine mammals are unable to withstand a parasite normally found only…
Oceanography
Strangers hide under the waves
Queen's University Belfast is calling on the public to help find methods to detect and prevent the spread of alien species.
Oceanography
Whale sharks - the 'fighter pilots' of the sea
These giant monsters can carry out underwater flying, making the fighter pilot embarrassed, the two researchers announced.
Oceanography
8 days under the sea to improve coral restoration methods
Scientists have begun an eight-day mission, living and working 60 feet from the sea surface, to determine why some coral species survive when replanted after an event, s…
Oceanography
Whales can also die from melancholy
According to experts, over two decades of loosening the ban on whale hunting, the ocean's most majestic marine mammals have only recovered a bit of their once-thriving p…
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Sea Sam and risks
It may be with some people who look a little old-fashioned, or like a battery-powered device or it may be like a Roomba vacuum cleaner that Wilma Flintstone invented. Bu…
Oceanography
Super big crab
A giant crab weighs about 7.7 kilograms with even bigger ones than men's hands, and has a net off the coast of England.
Oceanography
The horrors of the sea
When the shipyard began to shake, the workers were afraid to die. Is there an earthquake? The jetty squeaked to the side. Trucks and boxes crashed down to San Francisco…