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Scientists from Cardiff University and Stockholm University have discovered that Baltic clams and worms are responsible for about ten percent of the total methane emissions from the Baltic Sea.
Read moreThis is the third year running that Ghost Fishing UK has visited this iconic dive site.
Read moreSome recent research has arisen to debunk this misconception. The fact is that sharks develop strong social networks with one another, to the extent of forming their own "cliques" during the breeding season.
Scientists usually measure shark age by counting growth rings in their vertebrae. These rings are often assumed to show age in the same way as the rings of a tree.
Read moreHaving completed two high-profile collaborative research projects in 2016—one with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) documenting the U-576 WWII German submarine at a depth of 721ft (220m) off North Carolina along the US Ea
Read moreA Wave Glider, an autonomous underwater vehicle, travelled 200 nautical miles of the central Great Barrier Reef recently, in a seven-day trial designed to test its monitoring capabilities and potential for future use.
Read moreWhen Professor R Eugene Turner from the Louisiana State University studied the size of menhaden over the years, he discovered that the fish had shrunk by about 15 percent over the past 65 years.
Read moreWorking on Palmyra atoll, around 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, a team of researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara became aware of the fish's farming habit when they noticed many bite marks in specific areas of algae growing on de
Read moreBut their short and vacuous article gives only three reasons why the bill should not be passed, and concerns itself with the well-being of shark fisheries, not sharks.
Read moreAfter studying more than a thousand fish and shellfish, a study has discovered that 294 of these species will be most at-risk by 2050 as a result of climate change.
Read moreA team at Beihang University in China has developed a remotely controlled underwater robot with a suction pad inspired by the slender sharksucker (or remora).
Read moreWhen studying a specimen of walking coral retrieved from the Oshima Strait in southern Japan, ecologist Professor Makoto Kato and his colleague Momoko Igawa made an unexpected discovery.
Read moreThe population of old fish in fish populations worldwide has significantly been reduced due to fishing activities, and this will negatively impact the diversity and stability of marine ecosystems.
Read moreAs Florida steadily recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, scientists have suggested that the escalated severity of damage was due to the degradation of the coral reefs in the vicinity.
Read moreOctopuses are generally solitary animals that interact with one another only when mating.
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