Penguin Poop Is Turning Antarctica Green, and Scientists Are Concerned
Penguins may be transforming Antarctica’s snowy coastline in an unexpected way. A new study reveals how nutrients from…
Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater
The study also points to the importance of behavioural experiments in the natural environment. Sound does not behave…
Scientists Found a Hairy-Legged Sea Spider With a Nightmare Mouth
A photo of a new species of sea spider Tanystylum kiixin. Credit: Cormac Toler-Scott Two newly described Salish…
Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat damage | National
Karen Neely (left) and Kathryn Toth (right) work on a shade. (Arelys Chaparro via SWNS) By Stephen Beech…
Fossilized Vomit Reveals a Surprising Secret About Plesiosaur Behavior
Artist’s impression of plesiosaurs feeding on the sea floor. Credit: Lente ArtemieffUnusual fossils from an ancient North Sea…
Scientists Found a Deep-Sea ‘Death Pool’ That Vanished. It May Show How Earth’s First Life Survived
Marine ecologists used to call them “black pools of death.” Only as far back as a decade ago,…
A dolphin in Australia steals food from fish in the grossest way – boingboing.net
A dolphin in Australia steals food from fish in the grossest way boingboing.netDolphin nicknamed Bubbles bullies fish into puking…
‘Heartbreaking and extremely rare’: Mother humpback whale carries stillborn calf through the ocean; scientists explain the unusual behaviour
A mother humpback whale was filmed repeatedly returning to her stillborn calf off Australia’s Gold Coast, displaying prolonged…
Scientists Film Dolphins Using Seashells As Hunting Tools
Adult female dolphin captured on film by UniSC researchers while ‘shelling’ to catch fish. Credit: University of the…
Scientists Uncover New Clues to a Long-Standing Bonnethead Shark Mystery
A detailed study of Florida bonnetheads found that their unusual sex-specific head shapes emerge through growth rather than…
Meet Ryoya Sugimoto: The Japanese teenager who spotted strange jellyfish at a dock and helped scientists identify a species new to science
Representative Image of diverse jellyfish species drifting through Japanese coastal waters (AI-generated image) In 2018, 13-year-old Ryoya Sugimoto…
Crab Trapped in Plastic Bottle Survived Two Months at Sea
A large, live swimming crab, Portunus sanguinolentus entrapped inside the bottle. Credit: Hajime Sato / Hiroshima University A…