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A new study by the University of Exeter has highlighted how overfishing in the Mediterranean has led to dolphins preying on the fish caught in fishing nets in northern Cyprus, due to dwindling fish numbers.
Read moreMaterials that can become invisible have long been the stuff of fiction, though this may no longer be the case in the future.
Read moreA new video, captured in the waters around Portugal’s Azores islands, has stunned deep-sea biologists.
Read moreHigh carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the ocean make squid less proficient hunters, according to a study by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University.
Read moreFocussing their study on the reefs in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of nine Caribbean countries, a research team from the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries assessed how warmer ocean temperatures affected
Read moreHuman voices develop as the individual grows up, and it appears to be the same for North Atlantic right whales.
Read moreThe sixgill sharks are a genus, Hexanchus, of deepwater sharks characterized by a broad, pointed head, six pairs of gill slits, comb-like, yellow lower teeth, and a long tail.
Read moreWe showed that the sixgills in the Atlantic are actually very different from the ones in the Indian and Pacific Oceans on a molecular level, to the point where it is obvious that they’re a different species even though they look very
Some fishermen have viewed reserves where no fishing activities are allowed as an hindrance to their livelihood, but a recent study by the Florida Institute of Technology seems to disprove this perception.
Read moreA recent study by the University of Washington has found that the largest and oldest Chinook salmon are for the most part no longer present in the population along the West Coast of the United States.
Read morePlentiful nurse sharks attended the sessions I held during my shark study in Tahiti. They are heavily built animals with large, graceful fins, a long, pennant tail, and small eyes.
Read moreMultiple paternity occurs when a single brood of offspring is fertilized by multiple males. Multiple mating by females is referred to as polyandry and is one mating strategy widely documented to increase the genetic quality of offspring.
Read moreWhen salmon spawn, their fertilised eggs are buried in gravel nests where they remain until they hatch. When newly hatched, the baby salmon first feed on the residual yolk stores.
Read moreThe BBC has just invested several million pounds and four years of filming Blue Planet II. Its key and primary message is to educate the world that our oceans are overwhelmed with plastic pollution. And the message is getting through.
Read moreRecent research has found microplastics in nearly three-quarters of the mesopelagic fish caught in the northwest Atlantic.
Read moreOver the past 125 years, North Pacific seabirds have shifted their prey preferences, consuming more squid and less fish. This trend has become more accentuated since 1950 due to the advent of industrial fishing.
Read moreSome deep-sea skates lay their eggs in hydrothermal vents, prompting researchers to suggest in a recently published paper that they use the volcanic heat emitted at such locations to accelerate embryo development.
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