Oceanography
Nearly extinct sharks are sold in fish markets
Many large sharks, including the once extinct species, are sold in a fish market of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Oceanography
Crash the legendary shark
Eating sharks does not only cure cancer, but the organisms themselves cannot protect themselves from the attack of malignant tumors.
Oceanography
A series of mysterious whales on the Spanish beach
A photo shows six of the 22 long fin navigator whales yesterday (October 7) drifting to Manon Beach in La Coruna, Galicia, Spain.
Oceanography
Mako sharks are killed
The 1.8m long fin mako shark was found by a construction worker and local photographer named Robbert Westerdyk.
Oceanography
Japan: Finned whales are about to become extinct
Environmental experts say the finned whales are in danger of extinction due to hunting from Iceland and exported to Japan as food for noble dogs.
Oceanography
American fishermen caught 600kg sharks
Jason Johnston, a resident of Mesquite, Texas, and some other fishermen caught a short-finned Mako shark near the Huntington Beach, California state, on June 3, the Los…
Oceanography
Record the image of the world's largest blue whale
The image of one of the largest blue whales in the past has been observed and noted by Eddie Kisfaludy veteran aerial photographer and photographer earlier this month.
Oceanography
Discovery of a shark's paradise
Humans have long been hungry for shark fin soup (made from shark fins). Fishing and other related human activities are also threatening sharks around the world.
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.
Oceanography
Flower whales are stranded in New Zealand
New Zealand environmentalists are desperately trying on Saturday to save 18 pepper whales long fin after they run aground. As a result, seven children died.
Oceanography
Fish 'live fossils'
In 1938, a hand fin fish was found in African waters. Earlier, scientists believed that the fish had become extinct 65 million years ago with a prehistoric strain of pre…
Oceanography
Fish go under the sea with their feet
The finfish have a type of movement that we rarely see in the fish world.
Oceanography
Strange fish have eyes like us
Most fish have eyes on either side of the head, but one scientist has confirmed that a predatory species of finfish has two eyes facing forward, just like us. This anima…
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.
Oceanography
Unmarried sharks remain pregnant
American scientists were stunned to discover that a black-fin shark in the Atlantic conceived without a male.