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Cape Might Just be Next “Hot Spot” for Sharks
The people in attendance mowed down on cheese and crackers, celery and crisps. But as soon as Greg Skomal, a state shark expert, opened up his mouth, he told them what it really meant to chow down.
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Underwater Cavern Houses Extinct Bears
Scientists specializing in the area of underwater archeology, have just unearthed what appear to be four complete skulls of the extinct Arctotherium – a kind of stout faced bear which vanished off the face of the planet over 11,000 years ago – 42 meters beneath the waves, in an underwater cave on the Yucatan Peninsula…
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USM’s Gulf Coast Research Lab Looking into Impact of BP Oil Spill
It has been 6 months and 2 weeks since the BP oil spill fiasco in the Gulf Of Mexico, due to an oil rig explosion. Even though the fiasco is being steadily swept under the carpet, and media coverage is dropping off quickly, the actual impact the fiasco has had is very much still on…
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Gollum Risking Extinction in New Zealand, Frodo Can’t Help Him
A unique, and hard to find, fished which is named after a J.R.R. Tolkien character is facing extinction if the plans to build a dam come to fruition. You see, it happens to only live in that one river in New Zealand, and cannot be transplanted easily.
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Seagulls Found with Beer Cans Around Their Necks: $2,000 Bounty Issued!
Now this is just plain odd, cruel, and inhumane… A wildlife group has been made aware of a strange and brutal incident going on in the San Francisco Bay Area.. Someone has been going around and putting cut beer cans around the necks of seagulls!
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Beached Dead Whale “Was World’ Oldest”, Came to Rest in Denmark
A whale which perished after being beached in a Danish fjord earlier on in the year is believed to have been between one hundred and thirty and one hundred and forty years old – which makes it one of the oldest known whales to date, officials commented this past Tuesday.
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Deaths Caused by BP Oil Disaster Tallied UP and Estimated
The official Federal Government Website, “Restore the Gulf”, has released its latest report on the effects that the BP oil spill fiasco has had on the poor animals of the area.
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New kind of “Balloon Head” Dolphin Found
A new species of dolphin has been discovered with a short, spoon shaped nose, and a high bulbous forehead. This new “balloon head” dolphin has been identified from fossilized remains discovered in the North Sea.
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Buzz Continues to Build Surrounding Theory That Volcano Cause Boom in Salmon Population
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the speculation, which was tossed around this week, that a volcanic eruption on an Alaskan island back in 2008 is somehow responsible for the boom in the salmon population this year in the rivers of British Columbia in Canada.
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Mother-Daughter Dive Team Discover Golden Bird Valued at Over $800,000
Bonnie Schubert, along with her eighty-seven year old mother, have been scouring the coast of Florida for decades in the search of treasure.
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Boat Captain Facing 50 Large in Fines For Violations of Fishery Laws
A boat captain from the Dominican Republic has to pay some $50,000 in fines after he and his 28 crewman pleaded guilty to numerous infractions and violations of fisheries law.
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BP Sand Shark Still on the Hunt for Tar Balls, Is It Enough?
The contract crews from BP have marched onwards to Pensacola Beach, cleaning up tar balls by hand, however the national seashore’s supervisors were saving the heavy equipment until the Turtle and Bird mating season was over and done with, lest they disturb them even more than the spill itself did.
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Albino Seal Discovered, Interned at Hospital in Netherlands
An almost impossible to find albino seal has just been given admittance to the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Center Lenie’ t Hart (SRRC) in Holland following coming down with a rather nasty infection in its lungs.
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Case Study: BP Oil Spill Take Toll on Bluefin Tuna, Satellites Don’t Lie!
The BP oil spill fiasco of the Gulf Of Mexico couldn’t have come at a worse time for bluefin tuna: they had recently just made their way into the Gulf – where they generally went to try and mate – to get jiggy with it and make a bunch of little bluefin. Satellites have been…
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Fisherman Gets Sent Up the River For Taking Shot at Sea Lion:
A fisherman from Northern California who took out his frustrations on a sea lion last year, has just been sentenced this past Friday to one month in jail and to pay $51,000 in restitution.
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Marine Lab in Florida Releasing Coral Fragments to Help Restock Reef in Keys
This past Wednesday, researchers at the Mote Marine Laboratory released four different kinds of coral at two different locations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This action, which was sanctioned by the Sanctuary officials and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is supposed to help try out the practicality of using “test tibe”…
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Squids Could Hold Key To Providing Valuable Answers Into The Origin and Evolution of Hearing
Loligo pealeii, an ordinary run of the mill squid – most famous for being a source of food for many creatures in the sea – might just become a VIP in the science world, as it is making waves by providing tidbits and insights into the origin and evolution of the sense of hearing.
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USF Scientists: Ultraviolet Diagnostics show “Contaminated” Beach
A scientists with the University of South Florida Coastal Research Lab just recently took a gander at the Walton County beaches using a UV light and has commented they are “still contaminated” following the BP oil spill fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Something Fishy Going On With Massive Fish Death
A massive amount of fish have been killed off in the Bayou Chaland area of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and something stinks. Plaquemines is the southernmost parish of Louisiana, where they are just now starting to get back on their feet after the BP oil spill fiasco.
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New Kind Of Fish Discovered
A brand new kind of fish has just been found in one of the dark “lifeless” areas of the ocean. It was previously thought that the area was devoid of fish, researchers say.
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¨Hunters Becoming the Hunted: Lionfish Role Reversal!
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Jamaica is taking some drastic measures to help prevent the collapse of the marine fisheries. They are now promoting lionfish as being a tasty treat for any menu. This effort is to help control the explosive growth of the lionfish population.
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Scientists uncover 300 Year Old Pocket Watch in Near Pristine Condition
A rusted out pocket watch covered in barnacles was discovered inside a wreck from the seventeenth century. The pocket watch was of impeccable make and its internal workings were almost perfectly preserved.
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Rare, Brilliantly Colored Lobsters on Display at Aquarium
Three lobsters have been hauled in from the depths of the sea, and are causing quite a stir. One of the specimens is bright blue, another is calico-hued, and the last is a brilliant orange, much like you would expect a Jack-O-Lantern to be.
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The Algae Which are Bent on World Domination?
An Israeli Ph.D student’s case study on a kind of deadly algae, may just help to make drinking water safer for people and animals alike.
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Russian Scallops to Keep Eye On Pollution
A huge garden of sea scallops will be completed by the end of the month in the Far East Kozmino Bay in Russia. This will be the first time in the history of Russia, and possibly the world, where mollusks will be used as an instrument to monitor the water.
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Coral Facing Imminent Threat From Toxic Algae
Blooms of toxic algae could possibly wipe out coral reefs.
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Attempts to Move Se Turtle Eggs Out of Gulf Oil Spill Proving Fruitful
We have all heard of the BP oil spill fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico. As the black goo made its way to the beaches of Alabama and Florida officials of those states began an effort to attempt to save the batch of sea turtles.
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Bluefin Populations Change In Cloudy Waters
A very interesting report has made its way to me from a meeting taking place in Madrid which is taking a gander at tuna populations and catches.
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Danube Catches Glimpse of First Dead Fish
The very first dead fish have been discovered in the Danube, the second largest river in Europe, after an environmental mishap left toxic mud flowing from Hungary. A regional chief for the disaster relief services made the following comment to the AFP this past Thursday:
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Shetland Boasts Smallest Fish in Europe
The smallest fish in Europe, the Guillet’s goby, was recently discovered in the waters of Scotland for the very first time.
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Sharks of the Bahamas Facing Imminent Danger,
Are sharks going to be able to make it through the 21st century? This is the question which shark enthusiasts and conservationists the world over are contemplating. Shark populations are declining, and the inhumane practice of “finning” sharks appears to be at an all time high, despite efforts to stop the vile practice. Scientists say…
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Three Fishermen Rescued After Hitting.. Whale?
Here’s something you don’t hear everyday… A father, son and a family friend spent four nerve wracking hours staying afloat in the open ocean off the north-west coast of Australia, after their boat sank from hitting, of all things they could possible hit, a whale.
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“Whale Wars” Captain Captain Cover Ups, Lies: “Dishonest” and “Morally Bankrupt”
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), which is known round the globe as the crew from Animal Planet’s “Whale Wars” has gone by many titles, pirates, environmentalists and even eco-terrorists. However, no matter what you may call them, they are now calling one of their own “dishonest” and “morally bankrupt”, and are going as far…
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Ten Year Long Census of Marine Life Comes to Completion:
There are literally hundreds of thousands of varieties of marine life making their home in the oceans around the world today. This statement comes from a ten year long project, whose results were just recently released, to try and categorize them all.
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Oceans Are Becoming Overcrowded, Salmon In Danger, B.C Scientists Fear Worst
The wild salmon of the North Pacific are becoming fewer in number as they are being forced to fight for their food and rapidly declining living space, as billions of farmed salmon are being released into the oceans every year, a study by researchers out of B.C. and Washington State explains.
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Resilient Reefs of Bonair Lend Hope to Dying Corals
Researchers are taking a closer look at the reefs in the area, situated just north of Venezuela, to find out why it seems unaffected by the happenings which have killed off some eighty-five percent of the corals in the Caribbean since the seventies.
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Cane Toads Wiping the Floor With Crocs!
Cane toads are killing off the freshwater crocodiles which make their home in the Victoria River District in Australia. The toads have been credited for the demise of hundreds of these crocs, and don’t show any sign of letting up any time soon.
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Nungesser Implores Coast Guard to Mop Up Mess Leftover From BP Spill
With the black goo from the BP oil spill making its way to the once clean shores, Billy Nungesser, the President of Plaquemines, has pleaded with the U.S. Coast Guard to help finish mopping up the mess BP left behind, before beginning to restore the area.
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Thieves Sneak Off With Catch From Aquarium in Waikiki
Thieves made off with 15 moi from a display tank situated at the Waikiki Aquarium this past weekend.
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The Black Fish Cut Japanese Nets to Free Dolphins
The Black Fish, a conservation group based in Europe, have claimed that they cut some nets of holding pens in Taiji, and freed number of dolphins which were due to make their way to various aquariums and dolphinariums around the globe.
