Oceanography
Amazing scientific findings in the Gulf of Mexico
US scientists have claimed to have discovered and identified the date of ancient coral reefs near the Deepwater Horizon rig incident.
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Oceanography
Southeast Asia: mass death of corals
Scientists say many reefs in Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean have died massively in recent months, ...
Oceanography
New exotic squid species
A new species of squid is found by researchers in the South Indian Ocean.
Oceanography
Strange sea creatures in the coral reef
Scientists at the University of Queensland, Australia have discovered exotic marine creatures not previously recorded beneath the Osprey Reef coral reef.
Oceanography
Detecting conditions to help corals escape extinction
Recent research by scientists at the University of Exeter shows that corals can recover themselves.
Oceanography
The world's largest underwater museum
Mexico is preparing to build the world's largest underwater museum by releasing about 400 concrete statues under the Caribbean Sea ...
Oceanography
Coral reefs re-eat jellyfish
The jellyfish is quite large and fast moving, but they are swallowed up by an almost immobile marine creature, the mushroom coral.
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.
Oceanography
The colorful world under the Gulf of Mexico
A group of scientists have used the most advanced remote control snorkeling device, Jason II, to explore the world of colorful reefs and shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico…
Oceanography
Why are coral reefs in the world disappearing?
In a recent study, scientists said a lot of new knowledge about coral biology has been discovered in the past few years, helping explain why coral reefs around the world…
Oceanography
Coral - the oldest marine creature
Deep-sea corals are the oldest bony species, a new study found 4265-year-old corals off Hawaii.
Oceanography
The coral reefs miraculously regenerate after the tsunami
The scientific community is recording the rapid recovery of some of the coral reefs that had been destroyed during the Indian Ocean tsunami, four years ago.
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
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.