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The world's largest sardine migration
Oceanography

The world's largest sardine migration

The annual migration of giant schools of sardines from eastern South Africa to the Indian Ocean is the largest on the planet in terms of biomass.

October 28, 2024
Millions of fish die in the US harbor
1001 mystery

Millions of fish die in the US harbor

About one million sardine fishes emerged at a port in the US state of California, creating a plentiful meal for seabirds but embarrassing officials.

December 18, 2018
Clam died massively covering Chile's beach
Oceanography

Clam died massively covering Chile's beach

Thousands of dead clams along the island of Chiloe, Chile, followed the event of 8,000 tons of sardines washed into the mouth of the Queule before.

December 17, 2018
A close-up of mysterious fish falling into Alaska
Oceanography

A close-up of mysterious fish falling into Alaska

Sardines are called vampires due to parasites and suck blood from other fish to live, continuously falling to Fairbanks, Alaska state, the United States last week caused…

December 17, 2018
Sardines can produce silk like silkworms
Oceanography

Sardines can produce silk like silkworms

The non-jaw, invertebrate rocky grouper, which looks like giant worms, is a primitive species that lives on the ocean floor, present on the planet 500 million years ago.

December 17, 2018
Fish are invisibility
Oceanography

Fish are invisibility

A new study shows that silver fish species such as herring and sardines and some small fish in Europe can reverse the laws of physics, allowing it to be invisible to be…

December 17, 2018
'Huge wall of fish' under the sea
Oceanography

'Huge wall of fish' under the sea

An American family caught millions of sardines when they discovered coral reefs near the Philippine island of Pescador. The length of the fish up to 120 m.

December 17, 2018