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Killer whales are the largest extant members of the dolphin family.
,Up until recently, permits to observe the humpback migration had not been provided by the researchers of the University of Cape Town.
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Research led by Anglia Ruskin University has shown that microplastics are messing with mussel survival, by reducing their ability to attach themselves to their surroundings.
Read moreWe resort to models when we need to simplify complex mechanisms or relationships in order to make decisions, predict the outcome of some processes, or analyse consequences of some decisions—sometimes with the aid of computers running complex simul
Read moreIt’s not fun when you’re on the green, and the golf ball you hit takes a dive, literally into the sea.
Before you take another golf ball from your golf bag, spare a thought of the environment—try to imagine the scene below the waves.
Read moreIf you think finding a needle in a haystack is tough, how about sifting through almost two tons of dirt and finding twenty-four shark teeth, each measuring less than a millimetre across.
Read moreThe Water anole (Anolis aquaticus) seem to be able to breathe underwater by using a bubble of air trapped on their nose.
Read moreHuman activity has caused suspended sediment concentrations in tropical coastal waters to increase substantially over the past few decades.
Read moreThanks to satellite tracking, researchers were able to find out more about a population of fin whales that have been living in the Gulf of California all year round, an unusual behavioural trait since this species is known to migrate great distanc
Read moreDuring the SeaRover survey undertaken last July, a rare shark nursery was discovered while exploring Ireland’s deep-water coral reef systems.
Read moreJapans announcement that it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whale hunting next year, have sparked swift condemnation from other governments and conservation groups.
Read moreLong term study of the behaviour of individual sharks has shown that they are not just acting on instinct. Not only are they thinking and highly intelligent—they are likely conscious too.
Read moreDrifting plastic makes ideal vessels for carrying infectious disease across vast stretches of water.
Read moreShort-finned pilot whales off the coast of Hawaii have their own vocal dialects, according to a study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
Read moreWhen a tourist boat carrying curious tourists approaches a seal colony with the sole purpose of observing them in the wild, the seals won’t know of their well-meaning intentions.
All the seals would see are potential predators.
Read morePhotography has helped me to document the life of an octopus, immortalizing many aspects of this creature’s behavior in pictures: its poses, its liveries, its ways of doing things.
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