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Walruses Seriously Suffer From Melting Sea Ice

Matt J. Weiss | Oct 5, 2009 12:07 PM

Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from industrial-scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried that they face a mounting threat from global warming

Schooling Fish May Prevent Car Crashes

Matt J. Weiss | Oct 5, 2009 12:02 PM

Robots that mimic the behavior of fish have been developed by Japanese car firm Nissan, who believe the technique can be used in crash avoidance systems

New Dive Tool- The ScubaSight Dive Mirror

Matt J. Weiss | Oct 5, 2009 11:51 AM

ScubaSight is a practical and innovative tool that allows divers to expand the field of vision underwater which is often limited by the bulky and unhandy scuba diving equipment

Underwater Museum In Mexico Constructed To Help Protect Reefs

Matt J. Weiss | Oct 4, 2009 11:51 AM

our sculptures in human forms, made of concrete, will be submerged in November in the Mexican Caribbean - the first of 400 figures that will comprise the world's largest underwater museum

1,000 Feet Deep, New Haven For Rare Corals

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 1:02 PM

A federal panel has protected 23,000 square miles of deepwater corals, believed to be the world's largest such ecosystem, off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida

New Species Discovered On Whale Skeletons

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:57 PM

When a whale dies, it sinks to the seafloor and becomes food for an entire ecosystem. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered previously unknown species that feed only on dead whales

Vote For "Fish Of The Year" In The Epson Red Sea 2009 Competition

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:57 AM

Vote for your favorite fish nominee for fish of the year in the Epson Red Sea 2009 Competition

Rare Black Coral Found In Italy

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 21, 2009 12:49 AM

Italian researchers said on Thursday they had found one of the largest forests of rare black coral in the world off southern Italy and a related coral species never before studied in its natural habitat

Sea Levels Rose Two Feet Higher Than Predicted In East Coast

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 15, 2009 10:29 AM

Sea levels rose as much as 2 feet (60 centimeters) higher than predicted this summer along the U.S. East Coast, surprising scientists who forecast such periodic fluctuations

Protecting Whales From Whale Watchers

Matt J. Weiss | Sep 14, 2009 6:41 PM

NOAA Fisheries Service has teamed with private industry and conservation groups to try to protect whales from whale-watch boats

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