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…
‘Big-butt starfish,’ ‘little sweet potato’ and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina
Researchers have captured footage of a “big-butt seastar” off the coast of Argentina that looks like Patrick Star from “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Deep-Sea Discoveries off Argentina Reveal Dozens of New Species…
First-of-its-kind footage captures bizarre sea creatures flourishing in extreme depths of the ocean
Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping out of…
The heatwave that shattered ecosystems, starved whales, and drove fish north
A record-breaking marine heatwave reveals how climate change could rewrite the rules of life in the ocean. New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) highlights how marine heatwaves can…