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Nautilus pompilius - Nautilus pompilius
Oceanography

Nautilus pompilius - Nautilus pompilius

Under the seabed a few hundred meters deep in the tropics, tropical Asia has a primitive animal species, which is the British snail. It can freely regulate the gas distr…

December 17, 2018
The dangers from ... the sea
Oceanography

The dangers from ... the sea

The world of the ocean is a masterpiece with many animals and plants of all colors, states ... But many animals in the ocean are deadly threats. Nha Trang Institute of O…

December 17, 2018
Sharks are reduced in size
Oceanography

Sharks are reduced in size

Oceanographers are raising alarms about the world's largest shark species that are in danger of being reduced in size. Dr Mark Meekan of the Australian Institute of Mari…

December 17, 2018
Nha Trang: Glowing marine life
Oceanography

Nha Trang: Glowing marine life

Studying the phenomenon and luminescence of organisms, including marine organisms, helps to apply in many areas of life. For example, to predict the processes of climate…

December 17, 2018
Restart the search for 'The city disappeared'
Oceanography

Restart the search for 'The city disappeared'

The project of finding a life that once existed in the area now known as the ocean floor was restarted by American scientists. They call this project a search

December 17, 2018
Detecting underground coral reefs off Phang Nga
Oceanography

Detecting underground coral reefs off Phang Nga

The Marine and Coastal Conservation Group of the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) has discovered more than 30 types of hard corals about 5 kilometers from…

December 17, 2018
Mouse fish
Oceanography

Mouse fish

Hydrolagus colliei fish have a muzzle and mouth that looks like a rat, so it is called a rat or a rat-rat fish. However, its size is not as small as a mouse, but it is n…

December 17, 2018
Ice mountains know how to sing!
Oceanography

Ice mountains know how to sing!

Scientists are examining the tremors of the Earth's crust in Antarctica believing they have found an ice mountain. This interesting discovery is published in today's iss…

December 17, 2018
Fish know how to clean
Oceanography

Fish know how to clean

Hygienic fish with the scientific name Labroides dimidiatus, has a very strange relationship with other fish. Its bright color attracts big fish that want to be itchy. F…

December 17, 2018
Sun fish
Oceanography

Sun fish

The sun fish in the scientific name Mola mola has many strange characteristics. The body is short, looks almost like a oval or a circle, looks from a distance like a big…

December 17, 2018
Diodon hystrix hedgehog
Oceanography

Diodon hystrix hedgehog

Diodon hystrix hedge fish swim slowly even though they beat the fins very quickly. Normally the thorns all over their bodies lay pressed against their bodies, but when t…

December 17, 2018
Planet flowers
Oceanography

Planet flowers

Suddenly when you are swimming in the sea, you face a big flower

December 17, 2018
There will also be the 5th ocean?
Oceanography

There will also be the 5th ocean?

Scientists say they have witnessed the emergence of a large fissure expanding in Southern Ethiopia, possibly a new ocean basin in the future. The team found that an 8-me…

December 17, 2018
The yang is slowly souring
Oceanography

The yang is slowly souring

The ocean brings life to the earth, making a green planet. However, in the future, the oceans will face a new threat related to climate warming. The culprit is the carbo…

December 17, 2018