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Mass sea star deaths off US west coast puzzle scientists
Starfish have been mysteriously dying by the millions in recent months along the US west coast, worrying biologists who say the sea creatures are key to the marine ecosystem. Scientists first started noticing the mass deaths in June 2013. Different types of starfish, also known as sea stars, were affected, from wild ones along the coast to those in captivity, according to Jonathan Sleeman, director of the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center.
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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish: Delicious Sandwich Ingredient Gets Marine Twist
Yes folks, it’s happened. Someone has finally combined peanut butter and jellyfish for some very interesting results. Staff at the Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, wanted to see what would happen if they fed their young moon jellies a slurry of seawater and peanut butter.
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Dead dolphins: Peru's beaches littered with hundreds of dead dolphins – again
More than 400 dead dolphins were found last month on the Pacific Ocean beaches of northern Peru where twice that number were found in 2012, officials said Monday. Authorities never established the cause of the deaths in 2012. They are doing autopsies on the latest dolphins, found during January in the Lambayeque region on the northern coast.
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Fish on Wheels
By using a camera and computer vision software it is possible to make a fish control a robot car over land. By swimming towards an interesting object, the fish can explore the world beyond the limits of his tank.
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Hunt for the Narwhal: The Sea's Unicorn
With its spiralled horn and elusive ways, the narwhal is a thing of legend. Isabelle Groc joins an expedition braving Arctic waters to meet it face to tusk
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Stunning whale graveyard explained
It is one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent years - a graveyard of whales found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile.
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Scientist discovers bizarre new deep sea ecosystem, created by disaster
Exactly 321 years ago today, the HMS Sussex, prize warship and pride of the Royal British Navy, met with disaster.
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The most beautiful animal you’ve never seen
When I first saw a sea sapphire I thought I was hallucinating. The day had been anything but normal, but this part will always stand out.
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Seismic Air Guns for Oil Exploration: Impact on Marine Life
On Thursday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released an Environmental Impact Survey, three years in preparation, assessing a proposed project to use seismic air guns for exploring the offshore oil and gas resources beneath the U.S. Atlantic outer continental shelf range, and proposing mitigation measures to diminish the impact on marine life.
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Camera lowered into deep ocean trench finds unexpected creatures
Scientists have taken their first look into the previously unexplored New Hebrides deep-sea trench in the Pacific Ocean. At the bottom of the trench — a depth of more than 23,000 feet (7,000 meters) — they found a surprising group of creatures unlike those found in other deep trenches around the world. The expedition was carried out by the University of Aberdeen's Oceanlab team in association with New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
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Wearable shark sensor gives new meaning to 'fintech'
Marine biologists have used a combination of instruments strapped onto and ingested by sharks in order to understand the predators' behaviour. Waterproof video cameras attached to bluntnose sixgill, Galapagos and sandbar sharks offered researchers a presumably beady "shark's eye" view of the ocean. An ingested sensor helped the researchers to track the digestion of the animals, monitoring where, when and how much sharks are eating. These were also fed to other large sea creatures, such as tuna.
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Discovery of Biggest Under-Bite Ever on an Extinct Porpoise
Scientists have discovered an ancient mammal with the biggest under bite to ever have existed. Belonging to an extinct species that once lived in California, the under bites of 15 species of porpoise, known as semirostrum cerutii is an extension of their jaw, called symphysis were discovered. The jaw wasn't just long, but also sensitive too as it had nerves directly connected to the brain.
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Narwhal’s tusk is super sensitive
Narwhals' distinctive long tusks are super sensitive, research has found. The whales are known for their tusks which can reach 2.6m (9ft) in length, earning them comparisons with mythological unicorns. The tusk is an exaggerated front tooth and scientists have discovered that it helps the animals sense changes in their environment. Experts suggest males could use the tusks to seek out mates or food. The results are published in the journal The Anatomical Record.
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Researchers discover fish with a previously unknown type of eye
The University of Tübingen's Institute of Anatomy has discovered a fish with a previously unknown type of eye. The aptly-named glasshead barreleye lives at depths of 800 to 1000 meters. It has a cylindrical eye pointing upwards to see prey, predators or potential mates silhouetted against the gloomy ...
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New Report Reveals U.S. Fisheries Killing Thousands of Protected and Endangered Species
A new report by Oceana exposes nine U.S. fisheries that throw away half of what they catch, and kill dolphins, sea turtles, whales, and more in the process.
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This Three-Eyed Fish Has Brought Attention to a Serious Problem in the Great Lakes Basin
Many theories have surfaced in the months since a three-eyed walleye fish affectionately dubbed "Third Eye Louie" was pulled out of Lake Nipissing. Some claimed the freak fish spawned from a nuclear spill or was the product of an old uranium mine. Others pointed to the cyanobacterial blooms in the lake and the sewage pollution from wastewater plants dotting its shores as the cause of the periscopic third eye.
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3pc of fish in Arabian Gulf at high risk of extinction: Study
Three percent of fish in the Arabian Gulf are at high risk of extinction due to over-exploitation by commercial fisheries and widespread coral reef degradation, a study has found.
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The Marine Creatures That Only Live on Land Plants
In November 2006, Craig McClain sailed into the Pacific Ocean, threw 36 logs overboard, and created several new worlds. When wood sinks to the bottom of the ocean, whether from shipwrecks, uprooted trees, or keen scientists, it is soon colonised by waves of life. Clam-like creatures called Xylophaga chisel through the wood with their own shells and feed off the liberated splinters.
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What is the ocean dandelion?
Imagine a creature that is not just made up of trillions of cells, but also hundreds of animals.
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Unesco warns Australia over Great Barrier Reef
Unesco has threatened to list the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage in Danger site, amid controversy over a plan to dump dredged sediment. Reef authorities granted permission for the dumping in January as part of a project to create one of the world's biggest coal ports. But scientists have warned that the sediment could smother or poison coral.
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