Tags: Marine Biology

Dead Sperm Whale Contains 220-lb of Garbage on its Stomach

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 12.04.2019 09:08 AM

The amount of plastic that pollutes the ocean are reaching an all-time high. As a matter of fact, the pollution brought by plastic is so wide scale that it actually reached the Arctic waters. Unfortunately, these plastics are devoured by marine animals including whales.

Plankton Diversity: A Key to Gauge Ocean Health, According to New Study

11.25.2019 19:27 PM

One of the papers focused on the diversity of plankton in the ocean and another focused on the gene expression of this species to see how they adapt to the changing environmental conditions.

Scientists Discover for the First Time Male Whales ‘Crying’ Songs for Mates

06.24.2019 16:24 PM

Song of rare whale 'crying for mate' recorded for the first time. Marine biologists have for the first time recorded the song of the world's rarest large whale, the eastern North Pacific right whale, of which fewer than 30 individuals remain.

Coastal Ecosystem is Endangered as The Water Temperature Increases, Research Finds

04.21.2017 13:29 PM

A recent study finds the rising of water temperature endangers the health of the ecosystem in the coastal area as it disrupts the food webs in the ocean.

BP Starts To Settle After Nasty Oil-Spill Related Deaths

05.21.2015 14:23 PM

BP has begun to settle claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill with Halliburton and Transocean. This means that as to Halliburton and Transocean only (the litigation is ongoing) the battle is over. The long-term in court battle has centered upon the human costs of the offshore well disaster, which included the deaths of 11 workers. The overall impact of the disaster has been sobering for the scientific community as well; the Deepwater disaster has thus far been the largest offshore oil spill in US history.

Seeing With Its Skin—How An Octopus Can Live In the Deep

05.21.2015 14:13 PM

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that the octopus, uniquely adept with camouflage, can "see" with its skin. The study found that the California two-spot octopus can sense light using light-sensitive proteins, similar to those found in eyes, in its skin.

Port of Los Angeles Reveals a New Resident of the City—A Roly Poly Pillbug Species

05.19.2015 13:46 PM

On the mother of all class field trips, a new species of marine roly poly pillbug was discovered, Los Angeles researchers from the county Natural History Museum confirm. The discovery was made as an invertebrate zoology lab course from Loyola Marymount University taught by researcher Dean Pentcheff of the museum explored a small, dirty, rocky beach at the southernmost tip of the city-less than a mile from the busiest port in America.

The Secret Behind The Cone Snail's Lethal Venom―Insulin

01.20.2015 21:05 PM

Cone snails are one of the ocean's most lethal, efficient predators. Able to immobilize captured prey within a matter of seconds, its venom contains one unusually potent compound―hypoglycemic-inducing insulin.

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