Archive for Mayıs, 2012

Forget Angry Birds, this is one angry fish. This tropical jawfish certainly looks like it got out of the wrong side of the bed as it gives the photographer a fearsome look. Yet despite its appearance, the burrowing fish is […]

A team of scientists from Monash University and the University of Bristol has found that the tiny teeth of a long-extinct prehistoric fish are the sharpest that have ever been recorded. A study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal […]

This daredevil diver is working himself up into a right lava – by trying to mould red hot 1,000C molten rock with his own hands. Bud ‘the Lava Man’ Turpin is pictured here descending 130ft to the lava tube of […]

A frogman glides through a crystal blue lagoon beneath a breathtaking canopy of stars and in another picture a diver examines a wall of bright green moss illuminated by an underwater lamp. These stunning photographs were taken by National Geographic […]

The threat of killer whales could be why societies of sperm whales in the Atlantic and Pacific differ so much, researchers say. The sperm whale, the largest toothed whale, possesses the largest brain of any organism on Earth. These leviathans […]

The adult male, which they have nicknamed Iceberg, was spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. It appears to be healthy and leading a normal life in its pod. White whales of various species are occasionally seen; but […]

Many marine mammals live in a world shaped by sound – producing clicks to map their underwater environment out of echoes. Researchers in Hawaii have now discovered just how finely tuned this “echolocation” can be. The scientists found that toothed […]

Even when the hippo began to move, the cheeky croc didn’t get the hint and stayed in position for about 15 minutes before swimming off. The moment was caught on camera in South Africa’s Kruger National Park by field guide […]

As a lone basking shark swims near the Cornwall shore a month early, it seems even in the depths of the ocean, Britain’s unpredictable weather can cause confusion. His early arrival as the first basking shark of the season, was […]

Newly-released photos show the haunting images of Titanic victim’s clothing lining the bottom of the ocean floor 100 years after the New York-bound ship sank in the North Atlantic. A 2004 photograph, released to the public for the first time […]

WOOD HOLE, Massachusetts — Newly released images of the Titanic wreck site provide the first unrestricted view of the world’s most notable maritime heritage site. These new images add to the already unprecedented collection of images published in the April […]

  James Cameron, center, emerges from the Deepsea Challenger submersible after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench. The dive was part of Deepsea Challenge, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society, and Rolex. At left, […]

These heartbreaking images show the body of a majestic blue whale fatally injured as it slept in a busy shipping lane. It was spotted floating near the surface of the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of Sri Lanka. A […]