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Hammerhead sharks
Oceanography

Hammerhead sharks

The scientific name is Sphyrna mokarran, this fish has a hammer-like head. That strange rafting head is probably an adaptive way to help them detect prey more easily: wh…

December 17, 2018
Learn about sea lilies
Oceanography

Learn about sea lilies

Sea lilies (Endoxocrinus parrae) bear this name because they resemble a flower that hangs on the ocean floor. However, according to US researchers, this is a echinoderm…

December 17, 2018
Sailfish
Oceanography

Sailfish

The sail has a scientific name, Istionphorus platypterus, whose body is about 3m long on average, weighs 55kg, but sometimes has a length of 3.6m and weighs up to 60kg.…

December 17, 2018
The Tasmanian tiger is about to be
Archeology

The Tasmanian tiger is about to be

Tasmanian tigers or Tasmanian wolves, wolf bags have the scientific name Thylacinus cynocephalus. This is the largest pocket-sized carnivore in modern times.

December 17, 2018