Oceanography
Massive 'suicide' purple crabs on the island of Hawaii
An attack by huge legions of purple crabs is flooding guests at the beaches and cornering scientists.
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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
Coral sperm bank
Researchers say a sperm bank for corals, collected from coral reefs in Hawaii, the Caribbean and Australia, could one day help restore and regenerate reefs harm.
Oceanography
The area of global coral is shrinking too fast
The coral reefs across the earth are disappearing too fast due to the effects of climate change, warning of more than 2,600 leading scientists in the oceanic industry on…
Oceanography
The number of sharks that live in the reef at TBD decreases
According to statistics from an international group of researchers published on April 27 in the US, the number of sharks living in the Pacific reef has plummeted, especi…
Oceanography
'Stealth technology of octopus in Indonesia
After finding the first stealth octopus off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia in 1998, the complex characteristics of this species as well as the world of animals in th…
Oceanography
Shark sharks eating bamboo sharks
Scuba dive Center for coral reef research (Australia) announced 'snatching' a moment of bamboo shark sharks swamping at Great Keppel Reef in the world's largest coral re…
Oceanography
Rare white whales appear in Australia
A white humpback whale, a creature that few people see in life, has just appeared near Australia's giant Great Barrier Reef on September 24.
Oceanography
Turn invasive creatures into specialties
Lionfish fritters may soon become specialties in American restaurants. Classified as invasive species, lionfish are devastating fish populations in coral reefs along the…
Oceanography
The ocean used to have very little oxygen
The existence of special minerals in ancient coral reefs shows that 650 million years ago, Earth's oceans had very little oxygen, according to Australian researchers on…
Oceanography
Malaysia adds artificial reefs to prevent fishing
Malaysia will add more artificial reefs to prevent illegal fishing that is destroying the country's marine ecosystem and affecting the livelihood of traditional fisherme…
Oceanography
Discovered a new species of giant shrimp
Scientists have suddenly discovered a new giant shrimp in the waters of Tennessee (USA).
Oceanography
Oysters are declining rapidly
The habitat of oysters around the world is threatened. This mollusk is disappearing very quickly ...
Oceanography
Preserve nature with 'arowana dishes'
Oceanographic conservationists have come up with a simple formula to counteract the expansion of arowanas that are destroying the reef-dwelling creatures that feed on th…
Oceanography
Coral reefs are likely to disappear by 2050
The world's coral reefs are at risk of disappearing by 2050 due to the effects of climate change as well as indiscriminate fishing practices.