Ocean News
Angela Messina | Jul 1, 2012 11:52 AM
A recent study carried out by researchers from the School of Biosciences revealed that urban rivers in Britain and Wales are recovering much of their wildlife and maintaining better water quality. This good news comes after many years of pollution caused by sewage and industrial waste.
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Angela Messina | Jul 1, 2012 9:22 AM
A rare and endangered species of freshwater pearl mussels has suffered a giant blow with 80,000 of their 12 million wiped out in one episode. The species lives in the U.K. at the Ennerdale Water in Cumbria.
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Angela Messina | Jun 29, 2012 9:04 AM
National Geographic is featuring a series of beautiful underwater photographs that feature newly discovered and previously known reef fish from Indonesia. The photographs come from a recently published book, Reef Fishes of the East Indies, by Allen R. Gerald and Mark V. Erdmann.
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Angela Messina | Jun 28, 2012 10:33 AM
A group of Australian divers recently discovered three new species when diving in the Pearse Resurgence, a cave in New Zealand’s Mt. Arthur Range that is one of the world’s deepest flooded caves. They found a never before seen transparent amphipod, a species of worm, and a tiny snail.
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Angela Messina | Jun 28, 2012 9:11 AM
Scientists wanting to see how the evolution of dolphins’ DNA compares to other animals recently compared 10,000 of their genes to nine other animals. By looking at which genes have mutated, they were able to determine which are actively “evolving” or undergoing changes that are then passed on to future generations of dolphins.
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Angela Messina | Jun 27, 2012 10:19 AM
Scientists studying the weeks newly hatched loggerhead turtles spend out at open sea have resorted to manicure techniques in order to attach tiny tags to the animals.
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Angela Messina | Jun 26, 2012 10:28 AM
For a long time, scientists have wondered and debated about the evolution of flatfish, such as halibut, flounder, and sole, whose eyes sit directly next to each other on the same side of the fish’s head. Now, it appears that the missing genetic link has been found.
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Angela Messina | Jun 26, 2012 9:02 AM
New research on Greenland’s sleeper shark has found it to be the slowest fish in the sea relative to its size. In order to compensate for this slowness, sleeper sharks attack seals as they sleep.
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Matt J. Weiss | Jun 25, 2012 11:28 AM
The Galapagos Island's most famous resident, Lonesome George, dies
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Angela Messina | Jun 25, 2012 10:19 AM
A team of researchers headed by Dr. Richard Unsworth of Swansea University have discovered a species of seagrass that can photosynthesize carbon dioxide in the water so quickly that it actually increases the alkalinity of the surrounding water.
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