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A team of scientists has just returned from a research mission to sample habitats on the edge of Ireland's continental shelf for new biodiscovery compounds using the robot submarine ROV Holland 1 as part of the "Sea Change" national marine research strategy. View the full article

Seals use their whiskers to track hydrodynamic trails left by passing fish, but how sensitive are the whiskers? Testing the responses of a seal to trails left by an artificial fin, researchers found that seals can detect trails up 35 seconds after a fin has passed. Fish can cover hundreds of meters in that time, so the whiskers compare well with the performance of echolocating whales and dolphins. View the full article

North America's nearly 2,000 marine protected areas represent an unprecedented effort to protect the continent's fragile marine environments and are found throughout the marine eco-regions that encircle our continent. View the full article

Seals use their whiskers to track hydrodynamic trails left by passing fish, but how sensitive are the whiskers? Testing the responses of a seal to trails left by an artificial fin, researchers found that seals can detect trails up 35 seconds after a fin has passed. Fish can cover hundreds of meters in that time, so the whiskers compare well with the performance of echolocating whales and dolphins. View the full article

It's no secret that sharks have a keen sense of smell and a remarkable ability to follow their noses through the ocean, right to their next meal. Now, researchers have figured out how the sharks manage to keep themselves on course. View the full article

Acidity is increasing in some regions of the Chesapeake Bay even faster than is occurring in the open ocean, where it is now recognized that increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolve in the seawater thereby making it more acidic. These more acidic conditions in key parts of Chesapeake Bay reduce rates of juvenile oyster shell formation. View the full article

Marine biologists are studying the repertoire of sounds used by bottlenose dolphins to communicate. The study reveals stunning complexity in dolphin communication and our lack of understanding about the communication of these marine mammals. View the full article

School initiatives are succeeding in getting young people to select a healthy diet. New research also points out that food advertisements are using health arguments to market generally unhealthy products. View the full article

Fish exposed to fly ash at the site of the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash spill are faring better than some expected, researchers have learned. View the full article

To gain new insights on the impact of fishing on coral reefs, marine biologists are taking advantage of an ongoing "natural experiment" at two isolated Pacific atolls -- one inhabited by people, the other off-limits to fishing. View the full article

To gain new insights on the impact of fishing on coral reefs, marine biologists are taking advantage of an ongoing "natural experiment" at two isolated Pacific atolls -- one inhabited by people, the other off-limits to fishing. View the full article

Researchers have discovered a new sea anemone that is thought to have established itself in Swedish waters. Larvae from similar anemones causes skin problems for sea bathers in the USA. View the full article

Fish really is "brain food." And it seems that even pre-humans living as far back as 2 million years ago somehow knew it. View the full article

A new study has found a connection between La Nina-like sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific and droughts in western Europe and in what later became the southwestern United States and Mexico. View the full article

Scientists will use satellite-tracked drifters to track the coral larvae's dispersal along O'ahu's south shore in an effort to better understand why certain reefs in Maunalua Bay are doing well and others are doing poorly. View the full article

Scientists will use satellite-tracked drifters to track the coral larvae's dispersal along O'ahu's south shore in an effort to better understand why certain reefs in Maunalua Bay are doing well and others are doing poorly. View the full article

ORA has just introduced their latest variety, the ORA Black Ice Semi-Snowflake (Amphiprion ocellaris). The Black Ice Semi-snowflake is the result of ORA crossing a Black Ocellaris with a Snowflake. Their initial goal was to design a Black Snowflake, but instead the result was an orange clownfish, with intense black markings. The ORA Black Ice Semi-snowflake clownfish have yellow-orange bodies with an irregular white zig-zag in their mid-section. The thick black outlines, so rounding these markings, really make the colors of the Black Ice Semi-snowflake pop.

Hi Guys, Just to share some of the photos taken from my recent trip to Phuket Aquarium last week. Nothing much interesting in particular but for 100 batt ( S$ 4.00 ) what else can we ask for right ?

The mystery of how the world's largest living reptile -- the estuarine crocodile -- has come to occupy so many South Pacific islands separated by huge stretches of ocean despite being a poor swimmer has at last been solved by a group of Australian ecologists. They say that like a surfer catching a wave, the crocodiles ride ocean currents to cross large areas of open sea. View the full article

Thousands of barrels of oil are leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon site each day. The oil ascends from depths of approximately 1502 m. (4928 ft.), but not all of it reaches the sea surface. The stratified seawater of the Gulf of Mexico captures or slows the ascent of the oil, and the addition of dispersants near the oil source produces tiny droplets that float for a considerable time in the water column and may never reach the surface. According to a group of Florida researchers, the oil that remains in suspension in the water column and creates plumes poses a serious risk for the planktonic and benthic (sea floor) life throughout the region, including the deep-sea reefs they study. View the full article

Thousands of barrels of oil are leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon site each day. The oil ascends from depths of approximately 1502 m. (4928 ft.), but not all of it reaches the sea surface. The stratified seawater of the Gulf of Mexico captures or slows the ascent of the oil, and the addition of dispersants near the oil source produces tiny droplets that float for a considerable time in the water column and may never reach the surface. According to a group of Florida researchers, the oil that remains in suspension in the water column and creates plumes poses a serious risk for the planktonic and benthic (sea floor) life throughout the region, including the deep-sea reefs they study. View the full article

The hunting strategy of a slender fish from the Amazon is giving researchers more insight into how to balance the metabolic cost of information with the metabolic cost of moving around to get that information. View the full article

The number of native fish and aquatic insects, especially those that are pollution sensitive, declines in urban and suburban streams at low levels of development -- levels often considered protective for stream communities, according to a new study. View the full article

It is a question asked by marine scientists from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Barrier Reef; how best to restore coral reefs and marine habitat once it has been damaged or even killed? Now research reveals how 'transplantation' may be a cheap and simple solution that can be used by conservation volunteers to repair damaged reefs. View the full article

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