Oceanography
Mysterious giant 'monster' species weighs 3 quintals
Giant clam with the scientific name Tridacna gigas, is the world's largest two-shell mollusk, discovered in 1521.
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Oceanography
How slug becoming self defence?
Biologists have discovered why the sea slug (scientific name aplysia) always leaves a smudge on the surface where they have crawled.
Oceanography
The species is transsexual in Antarctica
A mussel in Antarctica possesses male sex organs when they are young, but turns into females during adulthood. The species Lissarca miliaris was first described in 1845…
Oceanography
Giant stingray caught in China
Chinese fishermen have caught a giant stingray weighing more than a ton off the coast of Fujian province. After putting stingray on a boat on September 3, fishermen took…
Archeology
Many discoveries at the archaeological site of Con Moong cave
Con Moong Cave in Mo Village, Thanh Yen Commune, Thach Thanh District (Thanh Hoa) has an absolute height of 147m, a relative altitude of 32m, located in the limestone mo…
Archeology
Found fossils 500 million years of snail relatives
Fossils of a snail-like creature, living in the seabed 500 million years ago, have revealed light on the origin of modern snails, shellfish and squid species.
Archeology
The 5-year-old girl dug snail shell 160 million years
A 5-year-old English girl accidentally
Archeology
Detecting large amounts of mollusc bio-fossils
Scientists have discovered a large amount of mollusc creature dating back about 500 million years near Table Mountain, South Africa.
Animal world
Goose bumps with iron-legged animals with iron armor
Looking at this strange animal, one immediately mentions a snail with iron armor and creepy feathers.
Animal world
The deepest lake fish in Africa is increasingly scarce
Recent research by US scientists shows that fish species in Lake Tanganyika, the oldest and deepest lake in Africa, are increasingly scarce due to global warming.
Animal world
Marine animals die again in Peru
The bodies of animals washed up on Pucusana beach, a place about 37km south of the capital Lima. The incident was discovered on 25/5. The Peruvian Navy said it had sent…
Animal world
The Earth has about 8.7 million different species
Scientists at Dalhousie University, Canada and the University of Hawaii have published a study, which shows that there are about 8.7 million different species that exist…
Animal world
Find out why the giant squid died after 11 years
When the corpses of giant squid were found in Spain more than a decade ago, scientists suspected that loud noises from boats damaged them. Now, it has been clarified.
Scientific application
Breeding natural food according to Copefloc technology for high productivity
Copefloc uses copepods (copepods), biofloc particles and mollusks live bottom (polychaete worms, ...) as a major food source for farmed shrimp and absolutely no use of f…