Marine life

About 500 pilot whales died in mass strandings on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, the government said on Tuesday. No rescue effort could be carried out as there are too …

<p> <strong>With global warming, climate change and human activity having endangered the very existence of Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtles any news about them that cheers, is more than welcome! That …

<p> <strong>Effects of change in climate are being manifested all around the globe and in one of the latest instances it has been found that every baby sea turtle in …

<p> <strong>Any phenomena or situation which is not usual has the scientific community sit up, providing a new direction for investigation. Latest in this was the discovery of a half-blind …

<p> <strong>Known as the gentle giants of the oceans, the whale sharks or Rhincodon typus are the biggest sharks and are known to be filter feeders who looked for tiny …

<p> <strong>The avian flu is having a far reaching impact this time. A report in smithsonianmag.com has quoted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of United States as stating …

<p> <strong>At times Lady Luck smiles on scientists and researchers and allows them glimpse of something rare or unknown. One such event occurred when marine biologist Jorja Gilmore who on …

<p> <strong>The Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources has discovered two new marine fishes.</strong></p> <p> The first is an eel discovered when a specimen was …

<p> <strong>It reads like the plot of a Western spaghetti film or Indian pot boiler movie where two characters terrorise a community. Much like them in the waters of Gansbaai …

<p> <strong>Swimming in the waters, the marine fishes, sea dragons look stunning while their colours dazzle, drawing the entire limelight on themselves! Yet, according to a report in sciencealert.com, there …

<p> <strong>Octopuses have been known to be intelligent as compared to several other creatures in their category – invertebrates. And now a new study brings to light one of the …

<p> <strong>It has been a mystery for the scientific community and lovers of marine life as to how in deep waters, creatures hunt their food as the vision is absolutely …

<p> <strong>Like any other mother, the female octopus is protective of her eggs. Guarding them day and night, she zealously shields them from predators while ensuring they remain oxygenated by …

<p> <strong>Chilean palaeontologists made a rather rare find when they unearthed a fossil of a pregnant ancient reptile, called ichthyosaur. Reporting this an article in livescience.com said that this creature …

<p> <strong>When marine creatures like sea turtles travel great distances in the oceans to their breeding grounds without any aid for navigation, it has fascinated scientists. A report in sciencealert.com …

<p> <strong>It was a joyous occasion for conservationists and champions of marine life as a large sperm whale stranded near China’s Ningbo, was rescued after an arduous 20-hour operation and …

<p> <strong>It is not just mammals and birds who can do simple addition and subtraction as studies have shown that bees and salamanders are capable of that. Now fresh research …

<p> <strong>There was good news for the project connected with satellite tagging of Olive Ridley Sea turtles as the first one of these reptiles, named Prathama, had reached 250 kilometres …

<p> <strong>It has been a long held belief that sharks don’t sleep and the reason given for this was that some of them needed to keep swimming in order to …

<p> New Zealand’s Department of Conservation on Friday said more than two dozen whales had died in a mass stranding at remote Farewell Spit, the South Island beach that is …

<p> New Zealand’s Department of Conservation on Friday said more than two dozen whales had died in a mass stranding at remote Farewell Spit, the South Island beach that is …