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.
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Oceanography
The world's largest coral system is threatened
Coral development in Australia's famous Great Barrier Reef underground is the biggest decline in the last four centuries.
Oceanography
Challenges to the theory of species origins
New evidence discovered by oceanographers is a challenge for one of the oldest theories about the evolution of marine animals.
Oceanography
America established the world's largest marine reserve
In one of the largest conservation efforts in history, President Bush yesterday announced the planning of a large-scale biodiversity conservation area in the Pacific.
Oceanography
Dead waters are spreading
The conclusion of a group of US and Swedish scientists shows that dead sea areas - where aquatic species cannot survive due to lack of oxygen - are continuing to expand.
Oceanography
Japanese coral transgender in the seabed
Professor Yossi Loya of Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology is the first in the world to discover that Japanese sea corals also convert sex.
Oceanography
Sea seals help provide climate data
According to French, Australian, American and British scientists, a special oceanographic sensor attached to an elephant seal can provide 30 times as much data about the…
Oceanography
Hundreds of new species discovered in coral reefs in Australia (Part I)
Hundreds of new species have surprised international researchers who are exploring the waters of the two islands of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs in northwester…
Oceanography
Australia discovered 100 new marine species
Australian researchers have discovered 100 new species of marine life scattered in the submerged islands of western Australia.
Oceanography
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
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…
Oceanography
Favorite octopus tentacles?
Marine biologists are investigating octopuses to determine whether they have a preference for left or right tentacles.