Archive for Eylül, 2011

The tiny ‘gibb’s spider crab’ was donated to Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium earlier this summer by a fisherman. The creature is so rare a marine life expert was needed to identify it. Matt Slater, curator at the aquarium, said the […]

MELBOURNE, Victoria — They’re one of the most intelligent marine mammals, well known for their inquisitive and playful nature and now, following an amazing discovery by a Monash University researcher, Victoria’s dolphins have been formally recognised as a new species. […]

Ottawa wants to resolve a simmering dispute with Nunavut communities over the export of Narwhal ivory, the federal fisheries minister said, during an annual meeting in Iqaluit this week. Keith Ashfield, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, said the restrictions […]

These jaw-dropping photos are a stunning tribute to one man’s 30-year journey alongside the greatest marine giants on the planet. In some, researchers get scarily close to a 50-foot Southern Right Whale as it waves its tail above the water. […]

A 15-ton Minke whale calf has been successfully saved by rescuers after becoming beached in a shallow dock this morning. The 30ft mammal became beached in Immingham Docks, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, after it became startled and lost its mother. The […]

These two paddle boarders were hoping to catch a wave – but they ended up snatching a glimpse of a stunning humpback whale. The thrill-seekers had paddled out into the ocean at a little known surf spot in Nuqui, Colombia, […]

A RARE crab caught by a Blyth fisherman is all white now after being given a new home by an aquarium. The fisherman caught a white edible crab in one of his pots, and he has now given it to […]

The supposed omission was said to be due to impending climate change.The low-lying islands of the Maldives are at risk from rising sea levels. The spoof blog post was taken seriously by several media outlets in the Maldives. The Telegraph […]

Marine researchers in South Africa had a narrow escape after a three-metre-long great white shark breached the surface of the sea and leapt into their boat, becoming trapped on deck for more than an hour. The incident occurred while the […]

GLAND, Switzerland — As part of the IUCN 2011 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest, IUCN received 132 photographs of exceptional quality and creativity. Congratulations to the three winners: William Goodwin, Andre Seale and Lill Haugen. The overall winner is […]

Maritime archaeologists have investigated ways for World War II tanks at the bottom of the sea near the Isle of Wight to be protected. The tanks and other equipment were being carried on a landing craft which capsized and lost […]

BRILLIANT ideas sometimes arise out of pure necessity. Consider Piero Lugano, 63, the suntanned artist-turned-wine-merchant who opened a shop called Bisson in this town on the Italian Riviera in 1978. Not content merely to sell wine, he soon began making […]

North Pole — On August 22, 2011, at exactly 9.42 a.m., the research icebreaker Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association reached the North Pole. The aim of the current expedition is […]

SILVER SPRING, Maryland — NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ Maritime Heritage Program and the University of Hawaii’s Marine Option Program have completed a survey of sunken World War II-era aircraft and shipwrecks along Maui’s southern coast. The two-week survey […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japanese researchers say. Japan’s biggest utility estimated around 4,720 trillion […]

Christine Dell’Amore National Geographic News Published September 12, 2011 Fossils of a new species of carnivorous fish that prowled ancient rivers have been discovered in the Canadian Arctic, a new study says. The 6-foot-long (1.8-meter-long) Laccognathus embryi was “the kind […]

CHICAGO, IL (WTAQ) – Federal officials say they’ll turn up the power on an electrical barrier designed to keep the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The Army Corps of Engineers said Friday it would increase the electrical […]

LOS ANGELES, California — On Saturday, September 17th world renowned diver and environmental activist, Scott Cassell will face the biggest challenge of his life: completing a world-record breaking 30-mile dive in less than 24 hours from Catalina Island to Los […]