Australia: by Jonathan Dart and Les Kennedy
IN THE account of German Captain Theodore Detmers, the Kormoran lured HMAS Sydney to within “somewhat more than a mile” before it hoisted the German naval flag and unleashed the full brunt of its armaments at 5.30pm on November 19, 1941. Yesterday the extent of the horror visited upon [...]
April 8, 2008 | Posted in
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A giant Pacific octopus living in a Cornish aquarium has formed an unlikely bond with a child’s plastic toy. Louis regularly plays with the Mr Potato Head figure which was given to him as part of an enrichment project at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium.
He says Louis gets very excited when sees the toy, which he [...]
January 12, 2008 | Posted in
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It’s a scene that brings laughter and cheers from visitors to a Japanese aquarium – two white beluga whales wearing Santa hats. But environmentalists are saddened by the sight of what they say is the final humiliation for the whale in a country that hunts them down with harpoons.
The beluga whales have been fitted out [...]
December 20, 2007 | Posted in
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Marina, the second oldest beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium, has recently fallen ill and is being watched twenty-four hours a day. Marina has lost her appetite and has become disoriented. “Every resource is being given to the team to ensure that Marina is receiving the best possible care,” said Jeff Swanagan, president and executive [...]
December 1, 2007 | Posted in
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The 1000th specimen of the world’s largest and most cryptic fish, the whale shark, has been identified thanks to global efforts by hundreds of ‘citizen scientists’ and eco-tourists. ECOCEAN, the group behind a unique, award-winning* conservation effort to save the world’s threatened whale sharks, today announced the identification of the 1000th identified whale shark in [...]
November 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Students, faculty and staff who are interested in learning more about the health of marine ecosystems–particularly coral reefs–and those who want to learn about how scientists conduct research while living underwater will soon have a unique opportunity. Art Trembanis, UD assistant professor of geological science, is hosting a live question-and-answer session with aquanauts aboard an [...]
November 12, 2007 | Posted in
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Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be previously undiscovered, including a tentacled orange worm and an unusual black jellyfish. Project leader Dr. Larry Madin said Tuesday that U.S. and Philippine scientists collected about 100 different specimens in a search in the [...]
October 31, 2007 | Posted in
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The mysterious “mass suicide” of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran’s coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices, officials said on Monday. In September, 79 striped dolphins were found washed up near Jask port in southern Iran, and last week another 73 were found dead in [...]
October 30, 2007 | Posted in
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Coral reefs die for many reasons, both from natural disasters and manmade pressures. A reef system that took hundreds of years to grow can be destroyed in a single day. When reefs die, fish populations disappear, fishermen lose their livelihoods, and tourists disappear. Whilst reef conservation is the most cost effective counter-measure, many believe that [...]
October 26, 2007 | Posted in
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Early next week, the 140-metre-long Ile de Seine – one of the largest cable-laying ships in the world – will pull into Port Alberni harbour in British Columbia, completing the first chapter of a mammoth research project to unlock the secrets of the ocean depths. The project, known as NEPTUNE, will create a permanent underwater [...]
October 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Six scientists have begun a nine-day mission in the world’s only permanent working undersea laboratory to study changes to corals and marine life off the Florida Keys. The scientists will live underwater and broadcast their activities over the Web to students and the general public.
Six “aquanauts” will work, sleep and eat in the Aquarius Reef [...]
September 20, 2007 | Posted in
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The professor who investigates the psychobiology of stress is getting unwanted attention from the hungry leopard shark. The professor hovers under 20 feet of water. She clutches a container of delightfully stinky goodies — chopped shrimp, squid, krill — and is clearly the most popular gal in the 142,000-gallon tank.
This food is meant for the [...]
September 12, 2007 | Posted in
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An unusual sighting occurred on the coast this week when three large manta rays were spotted about eight miles off Dana Point. Brian Woolley, captain of the Sum Fun boat out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing, at first thought the ripples on the water’s surface were caused by a school of large fish, possibly yellowtail. Instead, [...]
September 7, 2007 | Posted in
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Fearful swimmers can breathe a little easier this summer knowing that the odds of being attacked by a shark are far less than their chances of being hit by a car, a boat or even lightning, according to statistics compiled by the Shark Research Center at the University of Florida. Twenty-three shark attacks have been [...]
July 29, 2007 | Posted in
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A BRITISH maritime researcher claims to have solved one of Australia’s greatest wartime mysteries by locating the wreck of HMAS Sydney. Timothy Akers also says he has discovered the whereabouts of the German raider Kormoran that sank the Sydney off the coast of Western Australia in November 1941, killing all 645 men on board.
However, Mr [...]
May 30, 2007 | Posted in
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