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A team of scientists used high-resolution satellite images provided by Maxar Techologies’ DigitalGlobal to detect, count and describe four whale species.
Read more“Nudibranchs have always been a marine marvel with their dazzling color diversity,” says Academy curator Dr. Terry Gosliner, an invertebrate zoologist who’s discovered over one-third of all sea slug species known to exist.
,About 150 million years ago, during the Jurassic era, a bony fish species lived in the seas. It had teeth similar to the piranha, designed to slice through flesh.
Read moreAfter eight of the 15 grey reef sharks they were tracking were killed within the Marshall Islands shark sanctuary, a team of researchers turned their attention to finding out how such things can be prevented in the future.
Read moreA new study focusing on a relationship between climate variability and historical mortality of adult oysters on the French Atlantic coast from 1993 to 2015 indicates that climate change poses a threat to oysters.
Read moreWhen American University Environmental Science Prof. Kiho Kim and his student, Carly K. LaRoche sought to find out the status of seagrass meadows in Guam, they discovered that it had decreased in total size by 22 percent between 2004 and 2015.
Read moreThe MSR has been the classic test for self-awareness since it was developed by Gordon Gallup in the 1970s in his work on chimpanzees.
Read moreIn Indonesia’s Coral Triangle, coral diversity is threatened by pollution, overfishing and climate change. Researchers from the University of California, Davis have found a way to rehabilitate the coral reefs using an inexpensive method.
Read moreDuring a recent expedition to St. Paul’s Rocks, Atlantic Ocean, a distinctive and previously unknown species of Anthiadinae was collected at a depth of 120 m.
Read moreBeing exposed to light during the night can cause changes in the behaviour of guppies, according to a new study published in the Scientific Reports journal.
Read moreEach year, hundreds of great white sharks from California and Mexico journey to a far-flung stretch of the Pacific Ocean dubbed the "White Shark Cafe", situated between Mexico's Baja California and Hawaii.
Read moreTo deal with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, nearly two million gallons of CorexitR 9500, an oil dispersant, was used to break down the oil.
Read moreDespite their peaceful demeanor and large size (they are the second largest shark species in the world), basking sharks can be as agile and powerful as their more famed counterparts, the great whites.
Read moreAn expedition to the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest places on earth, has yielded video footage of three new species of snailfish, as well as a specimen of one of them.
Read moreJapan calls for an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
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