A seal galumphs into a bar. The bartender says ‘Grab the salmon!’
New Zealand’s Department of Conservation said the bar staff “did a great job keeping the seal safe” until their workers arrived. A Curious Seal “Walks” Into a New Zealand Bar…
Scientists Gasp As They Spot World’s Rarest Marine Mammal With A ‘Miracle’ Baby
Most people are familiar with blue whales and bottlenose dolphins, but have you ever heard of the vaquita? This tiny porpoise lives in the warm waters of Mexico’s Gulf of…
Can Animals Be Fooled by Optical Illusions? Insights from Fish and Birds on Perception
The Ebbinghaus Illusion and the Secrets of Perception: From Fish to Birds Perception often feels like a direct window onto reality, but in truth, it is an elaborate construction shaped…
The Cherished and Controversial Miami Seaquarium Closes Its Doors
The Miami Seaquarium has finally closed its doors MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Seaquarium, a vintage Florida tourist destination famous for being the filming site of the 1960s TV show…
Nighttime Dive Reveals Never-Before-Seen Relationship Between Fish and Anemones
A new discovery has revealed that relationships between fish and sea anemones are more diverse than those portrayed in Finding Nemo. It suggests that there the former may use the…
‘Hairy’ Deep-Sea Coral Species Newly Discovered is Named After Chewbacca
A newly discovered deep-sea coral has earned the nickname Chewbacca thanks to its striking resemblance to the Star Wars Wookie. Found in the tropical western Pacific, the coral has been…
Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used remotely operated vehicles to find three new species of snailfish off the California coast. Far beneath the waves off California’s coast,…
Hungry flathead catfish are changing everything in the Susquehanna
Flathead catfish, large opportunistic predators native to the Mississippi River basin, are rapidly reshaping ecosystems where they invade. A new study by Penn State, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and…
Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it’s not what scientists thought
A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida, which turns the marine creatures into goo. A…
Mystery of why sea stars keep turning into goo finally solved — and it’s not what scientists thought
A new study has found that the devastating sea star wasting disease is caused by a strain of bacteria from Vibrio pectenicida, which turns the marine creatures into goo. Mystery…